Aeronautics Defense Dominator
| Dominator | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Reconnaissance UAV |
| National origin | Israel |
| Manufacturer | Aeronautics Defense Systems |
| Variants | Dominator XP |
The Aeronautics Defense Dominator Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is manufactured by the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems.[1] It is based on the Austrian Diamond DA42 passenger aircraft. Dominator UAV executes intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.
The aircraft made its first test flight in July 2009.[2] The unmanned aircraft has an endurance of 28 hours with a 900 lb (410 kg) payload and flies at 75-190 knots (140–350 km/h) to a maximum altitude of 30,000 ft (9,100 m).[3][4]
Users
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: None
Performance
See also
- Joint Direct Attack Munition
- List of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
References
- ^ Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Dominator II - an Unmanned DA-42 Performs First Flight". Defense Update. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
- ^ Niles, Russ (August 2009). "DA42-Based UAV Tested". Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ "Aeronautics Defense Systems successfully tested unmanned Diamond DA42". Defense Professionals. July 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Unmanned Dominator XP makes Mexican debut. 30 September 2015.
- ^ Egozi, Arie (26 February 2014). "Mexico signs for unmanned Dominators". Flightglobal. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Aeronautics planned second manned/unmanned conversion. Flightglobal. (13 October 2010)
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