Elbit Systems Unveils SkyStriker: A New Tactical Loitering Munition
SkyStriker is a remotely operated electro-optical, precision-guided loitering munition designed to seek, locate and engage various targets. The system’s electric propulsion provides a low acoustic signature and enables covert low-altitude operations
IsraelDefense
| 20/06/2017
SkyStriker (Photo: Elbit Systems)
Elbit Systems introduces the SkyStriker – a remotely operated electro-optical, precision-guided Loitering Munition (LM) designed to seek, locate and engage various targets for the tactical echelon – at the 2017 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget.
SkyStriker is able to locate, acquire and strike operator-marked targets with high-precision performance. The system’s electric propulsion provides a low acoustic signature and enables covert low altitude operations. Due to its flight speed capability, it can reach a distance of tens of kilometers within minutes. Upon reaching the target area, it can loiter and pursue the target for up to two hours.
SkyStriker offers quick deployment and ease of operation in the field, provides forces with the ability to observe and identify an enemy target before delivering a rapid precision airstrike. Its remote operation capability reduces operators’ exposure to detection or enemy fire while guiding the LM to its target. The SkyStriker is capable of carrying up to ten kilograms of munitions. The system also provides significant flexibility such as the ability to choose any target, to engage at any direction and in various angles (shallow to steep). Moreover, SkyStriker enables the operator to abort a strike up to two seconds before impact, to re-engage, and in the case of lack of authorized targets to order a safe return home.
Elad Aharonson General Manager of Elbit Systems ISTAR Division said, "SkyStriker is a force multiplier for the units in the field allowing them to perform precise missions without putting them in harm's way."
SkyStriker is a remotely operated electro-optical, precision-guided loitering munition designed to seek, locate and engage various targets. The system’s electric propulsion provides a low acoustic signature and enables covert low-altitude operations
Elbit Systems introduces the SkyStriker – a remotely operated electro-optical, precision-guided Loitering Munition (LM) designed to seek, locate and engage various targets for the tactical echelon – at the 2017 Paris Air Show in Le Bourget.
SkyStriker is able to locate, acquire and strike operator-marked targets with high-precision performance. The system’s electric propulsion provides a low acoustic signature and enables covert low altitude operations. Due to its flight speed capability, it can reach a distance of tens of kilometers within minutes. Upon reaching the target area, it can loiter and pursue the target for up to two hours.
SkyStriker offers quick deployment and ease of operation in the field, provides forces with the ability to observe and identify an enemy target before delivering a rapid precision airstrike. Its remote operation capability reduces operators’ exposure to detection or enemy fire while guiding the LM to its target. The SkyStriker is capable of carrying up to ten kilograms of munitions. The system also provides significant flexibility such as the ability to choose any target, to engage at any direction and in various angles (shallow to steep). Moreover, SkyStriker enables the operator to abort a strike up to two seconds before impact, to re-engage, and in the case of lack of authorized targets to order a safe return home.
Elad Aharonson General Manager of Elbit Systems ISTAR Division said, "SkyStriker is a force multiplier for the units in the field allowing them to perform precise missions without putting them in harm's way."
