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The Armscor Vulture is a South African designed and built unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) powered by a 500cc 2-stroke fuel injected engine. Its payload is a gyro stabilised optronic sight communicating on a SA Defence secure C-Band data/video link. Its cruise speed is 120 km/h for about 4 hours (60 km) with a maximum ceiling of 5,000m. It is fully automated launch, flight and recovery, with an automatic return-to-base in case of mission critical failures. It is ruggedised for South Africa Army operating environment. The Vulture is being co-developed by Armscor and the Advanced Technologies and Engineering Company (ATE).
An automated vacuum type catapult launcher is mounted on a Samil 100 truck (the workhorse of the SA Defence Force). No external pilot required,and the transition from launch mode into pre-programmed flight mode is automatic.