elbit-systems israel uav-skylark brief

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Elbit Systems Skylark Mini-UAV System • Recent Successes in Mini-UAV competition:

♦ Selected by Israeli Defense Forces following national tender and formal fly-off tests. Only system to succeed in IDF tests.

♦ Selected by advanced European country following international tender. ♦ Delivered to international customer in Asia. ♦ Others (Confidential).

• Meets mandatory conditions for wide spread Mini-UAV system for ground/special forces operations: ♦ Man portable - System of 3 UAVs carried by 2 men on back packs ♦ Minimal setup time - less than 10 minutes including mission planning ♦ Simple and highly automatic operation - advanced flight modes, no complex

operation/tools, no external pilot required, easy graphic interface ♦ Automatic and accurate UAV recovery - simple command, no run way needed, air

bag protected - no damage ♦ Reliable and Robust with quick turn around time - need only to change battery &

fold air bag ♦ Affordable with simple maintenance and low life cycle cost

• High and Cost/Effective Performance: ♦ High quality picture, gimbaled & stabilized day or night payload (field

configurable) ♦ Wide payload coverage sector - enables holding on to a detected target during

UAV maneuver ♦ Stabilized payload + high zoom enable detailed observation of targets such as

humans, monitoring their actions, etc. ♦ Endurance - enables flight to mission area and intelligence collection - 90 minutes

(with rechargeable batteries) ♦ Mission radius supporting over the hill operations - 10 km ♦ Capable of operating in high elevation mountainous terrain - flight ceiling up to

15000 ft ASL ♦ Large speed range - high dash speed with optimal loiter slow speed (24..60 knots) ♦ Effective autonomous flight modes - enhance mission effectiveness ♦ Highly ergonomic, advanced ground control unit - tactical display, video,

advanced map functions, image recording, graphic mission planning & control ♦ Silent and covert ♦ Multi air vehicle system - team of two deploys system of 3 UAVs, provides time &

mission flexibility (future growth - concurrent control of 2 UAVs)

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• Connectivity and Commonality: ♦ Light Weight Remote Video Terminal (RVT) option ♦ Enables tactical communication with nearby forces - can be connected to

wireless LAN tactical COMMs (system enhancement option) ♦ Enables real time live video transmission - can be connected to Elbit's VSAT

system to enable real time live video transmission to remote units/HQ (system enhancement option)

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Skylark System Characteristics and Performance Summary • Maximum take-off weight – 4.5 kg

• Complete system transport - by two people in back packs (see system composition)

• Setup time - 10 minutes

• Automatic (hand held) launch

• Day/night payload, gimbaled (0..-120 deg in Pitch and +/- 90 deg Roll), stabilized

• Endurance - 90 minutes (with rechargeable batteries)

• Mission radius - 10 km

• Speed - 24..60 Knots

• Ceiling - 15,000 ft ASL

• System composition - 3 air vehicles, 1 mini ground control and data link

• Autonomous flight modes: ♦ Fly by route ♦ Fly to coordinate ♦ Hold coordinate ♦ Fly by camera guide (air vehicle slaving to the payload) ♦ Lost link procedure ♦ Recovery maneuver

• Silent electric motor

• Ergonomic operation tray

• Raster/Vector/Ortho photo map display with DTM, line of sight and terrain coverage computations

• Tactical display including air vehicle position and payload trace as well as tactical information

• Video recording concurrent with video display. Video replay.

• Wireless LAN and VSAT (SATCOM) video transmission enhancement options

• Robust and reliable system

• Only Mini-UAV system selected by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Selected by international customers worldwide.