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QinetiQ TALON V

QinetiQ NA · US

TALON V is QinetiQ North America's fifth-generation man-transportable tracked EOD/CBRN robot, unveiled at AUSA 2014 and the first Army IOP-compliant fielded UGV to pass ATEC testing. It weighs 81 kg with batteries, carries a 68 kg payload, climbs 43-45 degree stairs, and mounts a heavy-lift multi-DOF arm rated to 29.5 kg with 195 cm vertical reach. Communications use a Persistent Systems MPU5 MANET radio (800 m+ LOS); over 4,000 TALONs have been fielded, including units sent to Ukraine in 2022.

Sources: https://www.qinetiq.com/-/media/7d386c99e6654547b70ebd2cb0b02e98.ashx ; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qinetiq-north-america-introduces-talon-v-at-2014-ausa-annual-meeting-and-exposition-279273062.html

Specs

Launch year 2014
MTOW 81 kg
Payload 68 kg
Endurance 3.5 h
Speed 9.7 km/h
Propulsion Battery-electric tracked drive; optional high-performance drive motor (climbs 45 deg stairs). Legacy TALON power options: two 300 Wh 36 V lead-acid packs (~3 h) or Q-Tray with six BB-2590/U lithium-ion packs (~4.5 h); TALON V endurance stated as 3-4 h mission dependent.
Comm Gripper, elbow and rear IR-illuminated cameras (analog NTSC or IOP 720p 2.1 MP CMOS digital w/ 20x digital zoom); PTZ mast camera 26x optical/12x digital (300:1); optional thermal and night-vision cameras; CBRNE payload brackets (JCAD, MultiRAE, AN/UDR14, FirstDefender RMX, Fido XT)
Price notes No public TALON V unit price. Legacy figures only: standard TALON ~USD 60k (mid-2000s, secondary sources); armed SWORDS variant USD 230k. Fleet contracts: Dec 2014 Army TALON IV refurb >USD 17.5M and Navy MTRS Mk2 IDIQ up to USD 30M; 2018-era USD 90M TALON sustainment IDIQ.

Suppliers

  • Persistent Systems (US): rf: MPU5 (Wave Relay MANET)
  • Persistent Systems (US): rf: MPU5
  • Bren-Tronics (typical BB-2590/U vendor; OEM names only the battery standard) (US): battery_pack: BB-2590/U

Sources

NDAA Shop — NDAA- and TAA-verified parts for defense ground robots