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Friday, October 17, 2008

Serbians go to Israel for Orbiter unmanned air vehicle training


Orbiter UAV

Serbian soldiers are expected to arrive soon in Israel for training to operate an Orbiter unmanned aircraft system to be supplied by Aeronautics for $700,000 and delivered soon after training is complete.

There are three variants of the flying wing-shaped unmanned air vehicle. Orbiter-1 is 1m (3.3ft) long with a 2.2m wingspan, 2-3h endurance, maximum take-off weight of 6kg (13.2lb) and maximum altitude of 18,000ft. It can carry a day or night payload.

Orbiter-2 is undergoing test flights. It has the same fuselage but a 3m wing and 5h endurance.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous20/10/08 23:18

    Canada got their UAVs: http://www.shephard.co.uk/UVOnline/Default.aspx?Action=-187126550&ID=648e02c7-6c98-455b-8ac7-71803bda026d

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