Paris Air Show: Heron TP payload hits the market
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has integrated its high definition M-19HD EO payload with its Heron TP UAV, enabling area dominance capabilities and long-range persistent surveillance options, the company announced on 9 June.
The M-19HD payload was developed and made by the Tamam division of IAI and completed flight tests on-board the Heron 1 UAS and other manned platforms. According to IAI it is now being offered to several customers.
The M-19HD multi-sensor, multispectral, high-definition observation and targeting payload can incorporate up to seven sensors at the same time. It enables continuous day/night surveillance in all weather conditions. Its multimode automatic video tracker is designed to reduce operator workload and improve situational awareness and its embedded inertial measurement unit/global positioning system provides geo-location capabilities.
The payload can operate on various platforms such as fixed-wing aircraft, combat helicopters, maritime vessels, aerostats and high/medium-altitude, long-endurance UAVs. The sensor configuration options include: two HD day cameras, a HD infrared zoom camera, laser designator, laser range finder, near-infrared laser illuminator, laser pointer and short-wave infrared camera and electron-multiplied charged-coupled-device.
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