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The HERON is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAS for strategic and tactical missions
The HERON main features and capabilities are:
Payloads
Datalinks
UAS Heron
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The HERON is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAS for strategic and tactical missions
The HERON main features and capabilities are:
- Safe, reliable and easy operation
- Simultaneously 6 sensors use capability
- Satellite communication for extended range (SATCOM)
- Two proven simultaneous Automatic Takeoff and Landing (ATOL) systems for maximal safety
- Fully redundant, state-of-the-art avionics
- Retractable landing gear
Payloads
- Electro Optical (TV & IR Combi or Triple Sensor TV/IR/LD)
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
- Maritime Patrol Radar (MPR)
- COMINT & ESM capability
- Customer furnished sensor suites
- Communication relay package
- Integrated ATC Radio
Datalinks
- Direct Line-of-Sight (LOS) data link
- UAV airborne data relay (ADR) for beyond LOS missions
- Ground-based data relay (GDR) for beyond LOS missions
- Satellite communication
