Aeronautics Defense Dominator

Dominator
Role Reconnaissance UAV
National origin Israel
Manufacturer Aeronautics Defense Systems
Variants Dominator XP

The Aeronautics Defense Dominator Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is manufactured by the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems.[1] It is based on the Austrian Diamond DA42 passenger aircraft. Dominator UAV executes intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.

The aircraft made its first test flight in July 2009.[2] The unmanned aircraft has an endurance of 28 hours with a 900 lb (410 kg) payload and flies at 75-190 knots (140–350 km/h) to a maximum altitude of 30,000 ft (9,100 m).[3][4]

Users

Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: None
  • Length: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 13.42 m (44 ft 0 in)
  • Gross weight: 1,200 kg (2,640 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Thielert diesel engines, 101 kW (135 hp) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 354 km/h (219 mph)
  • Service ceiling: 9,100 m (30,000 ft)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Dominator II - an Unmanned DA-42 Performs First Flight". Defense Update. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Niles, Russ (August 2009). "DA42-Based UAV Tested". Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  4. ↑ "Aeronautics Defense Systems successfully tested unmanned Diamond DA42". Defense Professionals. July 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  5. ↑ Unmanned Dominator XP makes Mexican debut. 30 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Egozi, Arie (26 February 2014). "Mexico signs for unmanned Dominators". Flightglobal. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
  7. ↑ Aeronautics planned second manned/unmanned conversion. Flightglobal. (13 October 2010)


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