Aeronautics Defense Dominator Explained

The Aeronautics Defense Dominator is an Israeli Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufactured by Aeronautics Defense Systems.^[1] It is based on the Austrian Diamond DA42 Twin Star passenger aircraft. Dominator UAV executes intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.

Operational history

The aircraft made its first test flight in July 2009.^[2] The unmanned aircraft has an endurance of 28 hours with a 900-1NaN-1 payload and flies at 75-190 knots (140–350 km/h) to a maximum altitude of 30000-2NaN-2.^{[3] [4]}

Operators

• — 2 Dominator XPs ^{[5] [6]}
• - Ordered in August 2018 ^[7]
• - 1 Dominator 2, being used to monitor borders.^[8]

External links

• Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd.
• Israeli Weapons

Notes and References

1. http://www.aeronautics-sys.com/Index.asp?ArticleID=72&CategoryID=62&Page=1 Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd.
2. News: Dominator II - an Unmanned DA-42 Performs First Flight. Defense Update. 30 July 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090802150147/http://www.defense-update.com/products/d/dominator2_290709.html. 2 August 2009. dead.
3. Web site: DA42-Based UAV Tested . 2009-08-13. Niles. Russ. August 2009.
4. Web site: Aeronautics Defense Systems successfully tested unmanned Diamond DA42. Defense Professionals. 2009-08-13. July 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090804071632/http://www.defpro.com/news/details/8886/. 2009-08-04.
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/unmanned-dominator-xp-makes-mexican-debut-417277/ Unmanned Dominator XP makes Mexican debut
6. News: Arie . Egozi . Mexico signs for unmanned Dominators . 26 February 2014 . Flightglobal . 2014-03-02.
7. Web site: THAIDEFENSE-NEWS: Aeronautics Wins $27m Thailand UAV Deal . August 2018.
8. http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/aeronautics-planned-second-mannedunmanned-conversion-348413/ Aeronautics planned second manned/unmanned conversion