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2020-10-14
IAI’s Heron UAV Makes Historic Landing
The Heron UAV, developed and built by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), landed at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport last month, reportedly becoming the first drone ever to navigate commercial airspace and land at an international airport alongside commercial flights. The UAV took off from Ein Shemer airfield, landed at Ben Gurion, and flew back to Ein Shemer. The takeoffs, flights, and landings were all conducted from the Ein Shemer control station.
According to IAI, the historic landing proves the safety of the company’s Long Runner operating system, which allows UAVs to take off and land automatically on long-haul routes of 1,500 km or more using satellite communications technology and a combination of accurate takeoff and automatic landing capability.
Combat Proven
The Heron has an extensive operational record and has been in use by the Israeli, German, and other nations’ air forces. It is designed to carry out long-range strategic and tactical missions. The drone can withstand severe weather conditions, carry multiple payloads, and transmit real-time information to the forces and decisionmakers in the field. It can carry up to 290 kg of cargo and can be used for a range of civilian purposes as well.
Additionally, the Heron is capable of operations of up to 45 hours duration, at up to 35,000 ft. Robust and combat proven with hundreds of thousands of operational flight hours, the UAV is currently serving more than 20 global customers in a wide array of mission types.
Heron’s multi-mission system utilises up to six diverse mission payloads simultaneously allowing complex intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions over any terrain, including forests, jungles or swamps, at sea or over urban areas.
The UAV’s sensors feed collects ISTAR data to ground segment and tactical-level end users in real time, through direct line-of-sight or via satellite communications. This essentially enables the operational range of the Heron to be limited only by fuel availability, with missions ranging over 1,000 km from its operating base.
Moshe Levy, IAI EVP and General Manager of the Military Aircraft Group, said: “IAI’s Heron UAV made a significant breakthrough, landing for the first time at an international airport. The future of the world of aviation will need to allow unmanned aerial vehicles to land at civilian airports.”
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