Elbit Hermes 450

Hermes 450
Hermes 450 of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Role Unmanned aerial vehicle
National origin  Israel
Manufacturer Elbit Systems
Designer Silver Arrow (Elbit Systems)
Introduction 1998
Status Active
Primary user Israeli Air Force
Unit cost
$2M[1]
Variants Watchkeeper WK450
Elbit Hermes 900

The Elbit Systems Hermes 450 is an Israeli medium size multi-payload unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed for tactical long endurance missions. It has an endurance of over 20 hours, with a primary mission of reconnaissance, surveillance and communications relay.

Operators

Map of Hermes 450 operators
A Hermes 450 taking off
Hermes 450 of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
 Azerbaijan [2]
 Botswana [5]
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Croatia[11]
 Cyprus
 Georgia
 Macedonia
 Mexico
 Singapore
 Israel
In August 2014 Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced it had shot down an Israeli Hermes 450, which utilized radar-absorbent materials, heading toward the Natanz nuclear facility; releasing video of the wreckage.[15][16]
 United States

Former operators

 United Kingdom

Specifications

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. http://www.isr.umd.edu/~austin/enes489p/projects2011a/BorderSecurity-Air-Team-FinalReport.pdf
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  3. "Azerbaijani Drone Reportedly Downed Over Nagorno-Karabakh." RFE/RL. September 14, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  4. Mortimer, Gary. "Armenian military shoot down Israeli made drone operated by Azerbaijani armed forces." sUAS News. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
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  6. "FAB apresenta primeiro avião não tripulado".
  7. "Brazil selects Elbit's Hermes 450 UAV". Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  8. FAB Receives Two More Drones - Defense-Aerospace.com, February 18, 2013
  9. "Elbit Systems sells Hermes UAVs to Colombia". Flightglobal.com.
  10. La Fuerza Aérea de Colombia confirma finalmente la recepción de los UAVs Hermes 900 y 450 de Elbit Systems - Infodefensa.com, 24 July 2013
  11. "Elbit Hermes 450 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - History, Specs and Pictures - Military Aircraft". militaryfactory.com.
  12. "Aviones no tripulados de las Fuerzas Armadas contra el crimen" (in Spanish). El Golfo.info. August 1, 2009. Archived from the original on August 4, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  13. Garibian, Pablo (2010-08-24). "Mexico buys drones, may use for marijuana search". Reuters.
  14. "Hermes 450". israeli-weapons.com.
  15. Gili Cohen (25 August 2014). "Iran reveals footage of alleged Israeli spy drone". Haaretz. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  16. Ariel Ben Solomon (25 August 2014). "Iran vows to send arms to West Bank in response to drone". jp. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  17. "United Kingdom". thalesgroup.co.uk.
  18. Quentin Davies (26 January 2009). "Written Answers - Unmanned Air Vehicles". Hansard. 26 Jan 2009 : Column 40w. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  19. Andrew Robathan (24 January 2013). "Written Answers - Unmanned Air Vehicles". Hansard. 24 Jan 2013 : Column 2mc. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  20. Hermes 450 reaches 70,000 hours in Afghanistan - sUASNews.com, 19 September 2013
  21. British Army confident on Watchkeeper service entry - Flightglobal.com, 16 January 2014
  22. British Army praises performance of Watchkeeper during debut deployment - Flightglobal.com, 17 November 2014
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