The AeroVironment T-20 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (formerly Arcturus T-20) is a medium range, composite aircraft capable of internal and external payloads.
The T-20 carries a retractable gimbal-mounted, digitally stabilized, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) camera that relays video in real time via a C-band LOS data link to the ground control station (GCS).
[1] The T-20 was developed in 2009 in Rohnert Park, California as an Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance platform with payload capacity for a gimbal camera, and wing mounted drop pods.
The first air drop test was completed in August 2009 at Camp Roberts California with payloads provided by the Naval Postgraduate School.
October 2009 The T-20 flew air drops at the 2009 Precision Airdrop Technology Conference and Demonstration (PATCAD)[2] at Yuma Proving Ground in support of the Naval Postgraduate School Snowflake[3] guided para foil.
In March 2012, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) included the T-20 UAV in multi-award IDIQ contract N00019-12-D-0010[4] for ISR Services.
On 18 August 2022, the U.S. Army selected the AeroVironment Jump 20, the vertical takeoff and landing version of the T-20, as part of the first increment of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS).