Top speed 200 km/h Length 5.85 m | Wingspan 8.54 m | |
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Manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries | ||
Iai searcher mk ii khogla
The IAI Searcher (also known by the Hebrew name מרומית Meyromit - "Marsh tern", or officially in Israel as the חוגלה Hugla - "Alectoris") is a reconnaissance UAV developed in Israel in the 1980s. In the following decade, it replaced the IMI Mastiff and IAI Scout UAVs then in service with the Israeli Army.
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- Iai searcher mk ii khogla
- Design
- Operational deployment
- Crashes
- Users
- Specifications Searcher II
- References
Design
The Searcher looks almost identical to the Scout and Pioneer, but is in fact scaled up and is well over twice the size of the Scout. The Searcher is powered by a 35 kW (47 hp) piston engine. The new design features updated avionics and sensor systems with greater flight endurance as well as increased redundancy for improved survivability. In addition to Israel, the system had been exported and is currently in use by India, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey.
Operational deployment
More than 100 Searcher IIs are being operated by the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy
Crashes
May 21, 2015 Russian UAV "Forpost" (Searcher II, tail number 923) crashed near Avdiivka in Ukraine during the War in Donbass. The aircraft was shot down by Ukrainian volunteer battalion Dnipro-1.
Users
Specifications (Searcher II)
General characteristics
Performance