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un 0019MD-00 skylark-short-brief for UVS.docSkylark Characteristics and Performance Summary 2005 0019MD-00 Proprietary Information Page 1
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.