Cobra Experimental Certificate

Raytheon Co.’s Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) received an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from FAA. Cobra is the third unmanned aircraft and the first of its size to obtain the certificate, the company said. Cobra is a low-cost UAS designed to support Raytheon's development, integration and test of unmanned systems technologies. The FAA certification permits flight operations in a specified section of southeastern Arizona. The Cobra test bed will be used to support the development, test and demonstration of sensor systems, networked command, control and communications systems and UAS architectural concepts.