Elta's multiple COMINT antennas and Maritime Surveillance Radar (MPR) carried in the bulky fairing at the belly, are seen on this Heron that participated in 2009 in operational capabilities evaluation of the Heron UAV conducted by the the U.S. Southern Command in El-Salvador. Photo: IAI
IAI reported today that its Elta Systems subsidiary has received two new orders from international customers, worth about US$35 million. Elta develops and produces a range of payloads for UAVs, including maritime surveillance radar (MSR) and synthetic aperture radars (SAR), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Communications Intelligence (COMINT) payloads. Elta’s sensors can be integrated on a wide range of UAVs, but their most common uses are with IAI’s UAV platforms – such sensors can be carried separately on tactical UAVs, or as part of a multi-sensor packages, installed on a single platform such as the Heron or Heron TP.
The Heron recently deployed to support the Australian forces in Afghanistan has also been equipped with Elta's COMINT payloads and the MOSP EO stabilized payload from IAI Tamam. Photo: IAI.
In recent years IAI has delivered Heron and Searcher UAVs for a number of international customers, including Australia, France, Germany, Canada, Spain, Turkey, Russia and Brazil. One of the first users of the Heron was India, which operates these UAVs on maritime surveillance and land-based reconnaissance missions.
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