HAIFA, Israel, July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Elbit Systems commences global
marketing of the Hermes™ 900 StarLiner, a powerful and
trend setting Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned
Aircraft System (UAS) that features adverse weather capabilities
and is fully compliant with NATO's Standardization Agreement
(STANAG) 4671, qualifying it to be safely integrated into civilian
airspace and fly in the same environment with manned aircraft.
Concluding an extensive year-long flying schedule, the Hermes 900
StarLiner has been performing Civil Aviation Authority certified
flights in Masada National Park, Israel. A series of the Hermes 900 StarLiner
(known as Hermes 900 HFE in the Swiss program) is currently being
assembled for the Swiss Armed Forces and is scheduled to be
delivered and integrated into Switzerland NAS during 2019.
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Security events, such as the dismantling of ISIS and diverse
geo-political tensions, have caused European countries to re-orient
defense efforts from involvement in far-away conflicts to coping
with intensifying homeland and border security challenges. This
shift has resulted in a growing demand for advanced yet mature UAS
that can be safely integrated into civilian airspace and provide
the technological capabilities that are required to effectively and
safely perform complex homeland and border security missions.
Drawing on the legacy of the widely operational Hermes 900 and
Hermes 450 and their proven technologies, Elbit Systems has
conducted an extensive multi-year R&D effort focusing on
producing a mature UAS that complies with civilian airspace
regulations and can be safely integrated into European NAS.
Meeting the strict safety and certification requirements of
non-segregated airspace regulations required all the components of
Hermes 900 StarLiner to be designed in full compliance with STANAG
4671 and to incorporate the most advanced aviation technologies,
including: cooperative and non-cooperative Detect & Avoid
Systems, Train Avoidance Warning System, Automatic Take-off and
Landing in near zero visibility, redundant broad bandwidth
line-of-sight (LOS) and beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) data link and
adverse weather capabilities such as de-icing and direct lightning
strike sustainment. These technological enhancements allow the
aircraft to operate in both visual and instrument meteorological
conditions, and its powerful heavy fuel engine provides improved
climb rate, extended endurance and higher ceiling and maximum
speed.
Elad Aharonson, Executive Vice
President and General Manager of Elbit Systems ISTAR
Division, commented: "Anticipating the rising security need
for operating unmanned aircraft in the same environment with
civilian manned aircraft enabled us to achieve this breakthrough.
We are committed to maintain our approach of technological
innovation based on an extensive operational experience and provide
our customers with advanced yet mature systems that enhance
effectiveness and safety when coping with the evolving national
security needs."
About Elbit Systems
Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international high technology company
engaged in a wide range of defense, homeland security and
commercial programs throughout the world. The Company, which
includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas
of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control,
communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and
reconnaissance ("C4ISR"), unmanned aircraft systems, advanced
electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, EW suites, signal
intelligence systems, data links and communications systems, radios
and cyber-based systems. The Company also focuses on the
upgrading of existing platforms, developing new technologies for
defense, homeland security and commercial applications and
providing a range of support services, including training and
simulation systems.
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