Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle

A medium-altitude long-endurance UAV (MALE UAV) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that flies at an altitude window of 10,000 to 30,000 feet for extended durations of time, typically 24 to 48 hours.

With their advanced Western Standard electro-optical payloads, US, South Africa, Israeli and Turkish developed MALE UAVs are considered the most advanced in the world. These countries hold a large market share of the MALE UAV market.

Some examples of MALE UAV systems are:
 * Fotros (Iran)
 * Shahed 129 (Iran)
 * Aeronautics Defense Dominator (Israel)
 * IAI Heron (Israel)
 * TAI Anka (Turkey)
 * EADS Harfang (Licenced produced IAI Heron)
 * General Atomics MQ-1 Predator (USA)
 * Scaled Composites Model 395 (USA)
 * Chengdu Pterodactyl I (China)
 * EADS Talarion (European Union and Turkey)
 * DRDO Rustom (India)
 * Piaggio-Selex P.1HH Hammerhead (Italy)
 * Denel Dynamics Bateleur (South Africa)