Bird Eye 500, IAI/MALAT's Mini-UAV Successfully Demonstrated in Nuenen, the Netherlands
Jun 15, 2004
Eurosatory - Paris, 15 June 2004 - Condor UAV B.V., the Haarlem based Netherlands' distributor ofIAI/MALAT's Mini-UAVs, performed a successful demonstration of the Bird Eye 500 Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle system in Nuenen, the Netherlands. The demonstration took place on Monday & Tuesday June 14-15, 2004.
The missions performed included Traffic control, Detection and tracking of vehicles and persons, fire detection and Urban & Farm site monitoring.
The Bird Eye 500 is a member of the family of Mini-UAVs developed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries.
The Bird Eye 500 is a low cost Mini UAV system, providing real time day/night imagery data for law-enforcement and "over the hill" reconnaissance/surveillance. Its typical operational area is 10 km by 10 km.
Bird Eye 500 Specifications
- Take-off Weight 5 kg
- Payload Weight 850 g
- Wing Span 200 cm
- Overall Length 160 cm
- Flight Duration over 60 minutes
- Aircraft Speed 22-60 kts
- Operational Altitude 1,000 ft
- Propulsion Electric
- Payload Gimballed video camera
- Typical Operational Area 10 km by 10 km
- Fully automated flight with "in-flight" way point control
- Hand or bungee launch
This product is a further development of IAI/MALAT, that has developed and manufactured a wide range of UAV system such as the Heron, Hunter, Searcher, Ranger & I-View UAV systems.
Condor UAV B.V., the Haarlem based Netherlands' distributor of IAI/MALAT's Mini-UAVs for Civilian applications will be responsible for the marketing and customer support in several of the European countries.
IAI's MALAT Division is a world leader in developing and integrating UAV systems for the Israel Defense Forces and more than 20 international customers. IAI UAVs have accumulated more than 160,000 operational flight hours to date.
For further information, please contact:
Doron Suslik
Deputy Corp. VP Communications
Tel: 972 (3) 935-8509
Fax: 972 (3) 935-8512
E-mail: hpaz@iai.co.il
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
