Same Platform, New Capabilities

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Elbit Systems is expanding the potential market for its unmanned air systems (UAS) by adding different sensors. The Israeli company is enhancing that way the capabilities of its Hermes-450 and Hermes-900 UAS.

The Israeli company will soon provide one of its customers with a unique Area Dominance system that enables simultaneous operation of two multi-sensor unmanned platforms, exploitation and analysis of all intelligence data received through two dedicated separate data links.

Elbit systems is offering a maritime patrol version. The company says that the Hermes 900’s aerodynamic efficiency enables frequent flight profile adjustments and mission execution at ranges up to 1,000 nautical miles using satellite communication.

iHLS – Israel Homeland Security

A very advanced capablity also offered with the two types of the Hermes UAS is hyperspectral . This sensor enables the gathering of high resolution data at a very broad spectral range. The system supports the identification of low signature military activity, camouflaged objects, invisible obstacles and more.

According to Elbit systems the Hermes UAS family accumulated over 500 thousand flight hours, eighty five thousand operational flight hours of which were flown by the British Royal Army over Afghanistan and Iraq.