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Searcher
IAI-Searcher1
IAI Searcher in Tel Nof Airbase, Israel
Role Reconnaissance UAV
National origin Israel
Manufacturer IAI
Introduction • Searcher 1 - 1992[1]

• Searcher 2 - 1998[1]

The IAI Searcher (also known by the Hebrew name מרומית Meyromit - "Marsh tern",[2] 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.

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, Singapore,[3] Thailand and Turkey.[4]

Operational deployment[]

More than 100 Searcher IIs are being operated by the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy

Users[]

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A Republic of Singapore Air Force's IAI Searcher II at Henry Post Army Airfield (Fort Sill, Oklahoma).

  • Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan[5]
  • Flag of Cyprus Cyprus[6]
  • Flag of India India
  • Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
  • Flag of Ecuador Ecuador Navy
  • Flag of Indonesia Indonesia
  • Flag of Israel Israel
  • Flag of South Korea Republic of Korea
  • Flag of Russia Russia
  • Flag of Singapore Singapore
  • Flag of Spain Spain
  • Flag of East Timor Timor-Leste[citation needed]
  • Flag of Thailand Thailand[7]
  • Flag of Turkey Turkey[citation needed]

UAVS AND UCAVS: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION – Appendix III, Table 1

Specifications (Searcher II)[]

IAI-Searcher2

The IAI Searcher II


General characteristics

  • Crew: None
  • Capacity: 68 kg (150 lb) payload
  • Length: 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.54 m (28 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in)
  • Gross weight: 500 kg (1,100 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Limbach L 550, 35 kW (47 hp) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 200 km/h (125 mph)
  • Endurance: 18 hours
  • Service ceiling: 6,100 m (20,000 ft)

See also[]

References[]

This article contains material that originally came from the web article Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain.

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The original article can be found at IAI Searcher and the edit history here.
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