Meteor, the newest Israeli manufacturer of unmanned air vehicles, is developing an advanced medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) platform.
Itzhak Nissan, the company’s co-founder and chief executive, confirms the existence of such a programme but declines to detail its specification.
However, sources indicate that the MALE UAV will have an endurance of 25-30h and a maximum take-off weight of about 1,000kg (2,200lb).
The new programme is running in parallel with the continued development of Meteor’s Impact UAV.
Powered by a 100hp (74kW) fuel-injection engine, the Impact’s endurance is more than 24h and it is capable of carrying a 150kg payload.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
