Meteor Aerospace to Develop New MALE UAV

The Impact 1300 UAV will offer a take-off weight of 1,300 kilograms at an operating ceiling of 30,000 feet

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Israel’s Meteor Aerospace has announced the start of full-scale development on a new, medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Known as the Impact 1300, this UAV will offer a take-off weight of 1,300 kg (2,860 lb), at an operating ceiling of 30,000 ft, and an operational endurance of 30 hours. The UAV will have two spacious, easily accessible payload bays, the forward one for electro-optical/infrared payloads and the rear for heavier equipment.

The company has scheduled the new UAV’s flight-testing for 2019.

 

[Source: The Jewish Press]

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