GA-ASI Mojave STOL
MALE / STOL / UCAV / ISR
The GA-ASI Mojave STOL is a MALE-class unmanned aircraft developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems with short take-off and landing capability. It combines avionics and flight-control experience derived from the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle with an airframe designed to operate from shorter runways and unimproved surfaces.
Mojave STOL is intended to reduce dependence on conventional air bases. The aircraft can support operations from aircraft carriers, warships, semi-prepared runways and forward operating areas. This flexibility makes it suitable for contested logistics, ground-force support, armed reconnaissance and counter-UAS missions.
The platform supports reconnaissance and target-acquisition tasks through an EO/IR gimbal, GMTI radar and SAR radar. Its mission-configurable payload architecture also allows the integration of systems such as precision-guided munitions and counter-UAS effectors. According to the Plarok database, Mojave STOL has a maximum speed of 140 knots, an endurance of approximately 25 hours, a payload capacity of 1,542 kilograms and a service ceiling of 25,000 feet.
Systems
- •Avionics (Modernized Avionics)
- •Command and Control (Laptop-Based)
- •Communications (SATCOM)
- •Data Link (Digital Control / Handover / Relay)
- •Data Link (Digital Data & Video Link)
- •Landing System (Short Landing - STOL)
- •Mission Management (Autonomous)
- •Mission Management (Machine Learning-Assisted)
- •Mission-Configurable Payloads
- •Operations (Aircraft Carrier and Warship)
- •Operations (Contested Logistics)
- •Operations (Counter-UAS)
- •Operations (Semi-Prepared Runways)
- •Portability (UH-60 Transportable Ground Support Equipment)
- •Power System (Rolls-Royce M250 450 shp Turboshaft)
- •Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
- •System Architecture (FACE Compliant)
- •System Architecture (MOSA)
- •System Architecture (Open Systems Architecture)
- •Take-off System (Short Take-Off - STOL)
Sensors
- •EO/IR Gimbal
- •Radar (GMTI)
- •Radar (SAR)
Compatible weapons
- •Anti-Tank Missiles
- •Precision-Guided Munitions
- •Counter-UAS Effectors
- •Laser-Guided Munitions