Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle
A medium-altitude long-endurance UAV (MALE UAV) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that flies at an altitude window of 10,000 to 30,000 feet for extended durations of time, typically 24 to 48 hours.[1]
Some examples of MALE UAV systems are:
- ESL Hermes 900 (Israel)
- Fotros (Iran)
- Shahed 129 (Iran)
- Aeronautics Defense Dominator (Israel)
- IAI Heron (Israel)
- TAI Anka (Turkey)
- Bayraktar Tactical UAS (Turkey)
- EADS Talarion (Turkey and the European Union)
- EADS Harfang (Licensed produced IAI Heron)
- General Atomics MQ-1 Predator (USA)
- Scaled Composites Model 395 (USA)
- CAIG Wing Loong (China)
- DRDO Rustom (India)
- Piaggio-Selex P.1HH Hammerhead (Italy)
- Denel Dynamics Bateleur (South Africa)
- Hybrid Air Vehicles HAV-3 (UK)
References
- ↑ Weibel, Roland E. (2002), Safety Considerations for Operation of Different Classes of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the National Airspace System (PDF), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pp. 15, 38, 39, 43, 77
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