Product profile
JF-4
Johnnette JF-4 is a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned combat aircraft for armed reconnaissance, wide-area surveillance and time-sensitive strike mis...
Facts
- Company
- Johnnette Technologies
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- armed_reconnaissance
- Website
- https://www.johnnette.com/jf4.html
About JF-4
Johnnette JF-4 is a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned combat aircraft for armed reconnaissance, wide-area surveillance and time-sensitive strike missions.
Market context
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Summary
Type: MALE unmanned combat aircraft
Core: JF-4
Function: Performs armed reconnaissance, surveillance and strike missions
Audience: Military aviation and ISR operators
Specifications
- communications
- RF and SATCOM with dual-redundant SATCOM and line-of-sight links
- endurance_h
- 16 hours h
- flight_control
- Triple-redundant autopilot and sensor fusion; GPS-independent navigation with NAVIC support
- maximum_takeoff_weight_kg
- 1,150 kg MTOW kg
- operating_temperature
- -30 to +55 °C °C
- operational_range_km
- 320 km km
- payload_kg
- 150 kg payload kg
- payloads
- EO/IR, radar and ammunition
- propulsion
- Turboprop
- service_ceiling_ft
- 24,000 ft ft
- takeoff_recovery
- Runway dependent; precise automatic takeoff and landing
- wingspan_m
- 14 m wingspan m
Operations
- Environment
- land and maritime airspace, medium altitude, day and night military operations
- Primary user
- armed forces, ISR and strike operators
- Role
- armed reconnaissance, wide-area surveillance, time-sensitive strike
- Interaction model
- remotely piloted, semi-autonomous flight, automatic navigation, taxi, takeoff and landing
- Mobility class
- fixed-wing runway-dependent unmanned aircraft
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Indian Army orders Johnnette JF-2 tactical drones — 2023-12-23