The HERON is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAS for strategic and tactical missions. Some of its main advantages include:
Safe, reliable, & easy operation
2 proven automatic taxi-takeoff and landing systems (ATOL)
Satellite communication for extended range (SATCOM)
Retractable landing gear
Fully redundant avionics
Payloads & Datalinks Performance
Electro Optical (TV & IR Combi or Triple Sensor TV/IR/LD)
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Maritime Patrol Radar (MPR)
COMINT & ESM capability
Customer furnished sensor suites
Communication relay package
Integrated ATC Radio
Direct Line-of-Sight (LOS) data link
UAV airborne data relay (ADR) for beyond LOS missions
Ground-based data relay (GDR) for beyond LOS missions
Satellite communication
Endurance
Range
Altitude
Max. Take-off Weight
Max Payload Weight
Overall Length
Wingspan
> 45 hrs.
350 km
30,000 ft
1,270kg
450 kg
8.5 m
16.6 m