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First Flight of the Elbit Systems Hermes 900 UAV
The Hermes 900 unmanned aircraft made the first flight from an airfield in the western Negev desert on December 9, 2009. The developer, Elbit Systems plans to conduct more test flights soon, commencing with serial production of the UAV. Current users of Hermes 450 type, including the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have expressed interest in the new capability. Unlike other Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAV systems, such as the MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper and Heron I, the Hermes 900 can be operated as part of existing, tactical UAV units currently operating the smaller Hermes 450 and Hermes 90. Such capability can dramatically extend mission endurance, payload capacity and operational capabilities of operational units, without fielding additional infrastructure and support.
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Can it be armed like Predator and Reaper?
Even if it can, you won't hear any official confirmation of it.Originally Posted by Danskeren
Looks like a beefed up H-450.
what do you think?
Considering the size, it proberly could be armed like Preadator.. with a couple of missiles..
maybe
I dont see any points for weapon suspension
exactly, you don't see them
^^^ So the status quo is he cant...
It doesn't mean it can't.
Remember, this is its maiden flight.
Also, you won't see any pictures of it armed or in an armed-connected configuration, considering it ability to carry weapons is probably kept exclusively for the IDF, rather than foreign sales.
well is the first one on her first flight. The IDF likes to keep these things in the grey area.
If you ask me, it can have weapons and will have, but that just me.
Hermes 450 is / can be armed, so there is absolutely no reason why a production variant of the 900 will not have the same or better capability and has a 300 Kg payload capability.
So weaponised variant would be assured in my opinion.
Israel has no armed UAVs and that building in Dimona is a textile factory...
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