The Maritime Heron Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) by IAI is a cutting-edge surveillance solution designed to address the intricate challenges of maritime operations. With its origins rooted in the proven Heron Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) platform, this system delivers persistent surveillance capabilities essential for national security and maritime response. It excels in monitoring vital shipping lanes, conducting search and rescue missions, and safeguarding sovereign waters. Developed in collaboration with Israeli and international naval forces, the Maritime Heron features an integrated system that encompasses advanced avionics, a variety of mission payloads—including Maritime Patrol Radar (MPR), Automatic Identification System (AIS), Electro Optics (EO), Electronic Support Measures (ESM), and robust communication tools—ensuring comprehensive coverage and rapid response to maritime incidents.
IAI OPAL is a revolutionary decentralized solution designed to enhance operational efficiency and interoperability across a wide range of military platforms, including advanced 5th-generation aircraft, legacy systems, naval, and land forces. In today’s fast-paced combat environment, OPAL addresses the critical need for real-time interoperability by enabling seamless data sharing among platforms, thus overcoming the limitations of traditional sensor-based systems. By integrating OPAL-enabled platforms into a dynamic decentralized cloud, military units can maintain continuous situational awareness of missions, friendly forces, targets, and threats beyond their individual sensory ranges. This capability facilitates the development of a Common Operating Picture and employs advanced application-based situation management, ensuring complete interoperability among different generations of airborne platforms and creating a cohesive joint combat picture that significantly enhances strategic and tactical decision-making.
The LAHAT (Laser Homing Attack Missile) is an affordable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) developed by IAI, designed to deliver exceptional precision with a circular error probable (CEP) of less than 1 meter. This versatile missile system offers unparalleled operational flexibility, allowing for deployment from air, land, or sea platforms, ensuring that it can be effectively utilized across various combat scenarios. With a range of up to 10 kilometers, LAHAT enables forces to engage targets from a safe distance, minimizing their exposure to enemy fire. Training for personnel can be completed within one week, ensuring rapid operational readiness. Utilizing laser homing technology, the missile follows a laser spot designated by UAVs, helicopters, drones, or optical systems, making it a highly effective solution for modern battlefield challenges.
The Mini Harpy is a cutting-edge loitering weapon designed to enhance the operational capabilities of tactical forces. Weighing 50 kg, it boasts an impressive endurance of up to one hour and can engage targets at a range of 100 km. Equipped with a 7 kg warhead, the Mini Harpy features dual electro-optical/infrared and anti-radiation seekers, allowing it to effectively identify and strike both emitting and non-emitting targets from any direction and angle. Its canister launch capability from ground or naval platforms, combined with options for man-in-the-loop or fully autonomous operation, ensures versatility in various combat scenarios. The system is engineered for mission execution even in adverse weather conditions, offering silent operation through electrical propulsion and the ability to perform suppression or destruction missions against enemy air defenses, including abort and re-attack capabilities.
The IAI STAR-X (ELM-2238X) is a state-of-the-art 3D surveillance radar system specifically designed for Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), providing exceptional capabilities for naval detection and tracking. This compact shipborne radar enhances situational awareness in critical missions within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), including counter-terrorism, smuggling, piracy, search and rescue, and full open sea combat operations. Operating in the X-band and utilizing advanced AESA technology, STAR-X delivers simultaneous surface and air surveillance with high-resolution capabilities, enabling superior detection and classification of both surface vessels and aerial threats such as jet fighters, helicopters, drones, and missiles. Its solid-state transmit modules ensure a lightweight design that meets Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) requirements while employing sophisticated algorithms to effectively discriminate threats in complex electromagnetic environments. Additionally, STAR-X can function as a secondary search radar for larger naval vessels, making it an invaluable asset for modern naval operations.
The UAS Mission Trainer (UMT) is a state-of-the-art, high-fidelity mission training system designed to replace costly training flight hours with a highly effective simulation experience. Developed as part of the UAS academy, the UMT caters to the increasing need for advanced training tools that accommodate the complexity and diversity of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) missions while significantly lowering overall training expenses. It serves all UAS operational personnel—including pilots, payload operators, and external pilots—across various training stages, offering capabilities for individual, team, and multi-team training. The system features an Instructor Operating Station (IOS) that is separate from the trainees' area to enhance realism and flexibility, along with integrated operational components that simulate real-world avionics. Its modular architecture allows for easy upgrades and replacements, ensuring compatibility with embedded standards like HLA and STANAG 4586 for multi-training scenarios and seamless integration with operational UAS elements.
IAI's UAS Training for Platform Operators offers a cutting-edge solution for the efficient training of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operators. With over 70 years of expertise in the industry, IAI provides high-fidelity, cost-effective simulation programs specifically designed for military applications and operational users worldwide. These advanced simulators allow trainees to certify for UAS operation without the need for actual flight, accurately replicating IAI's unmanned aerial systems in various scenarios, including routine flights and combat missions. This innovative approach enables instructors and trainees to practice high-risk maneuvers safely, ensuring that operators, payload operators, and mission commanders develop the essential skills required for effective UAS management across all proficiency levels.
The Unified Control System (UCS) is IAI's advanced 5th generation UAV Ground Control Station (GCS), designed for versatile deployment in various environments, including command centers, mobile shelters, and vehicles. This innovative system features a thoughtfully partitioned interior that separates the equipment section from the operational area, creating a quiet and comfortable workspace. With an open and modular architecture, the UCS allows for easy portability, scalability, and upgrades, utilizing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. Each console is engineered to enable a single pilot to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, displaying data from airborne sensors through a unique multi-layered interface. The system supports full HD displays for various payloads, including EO, IR, SAR, and weather radar, while its full redundancy architecture ensures mission continuity and safety by providing hot backups for both hardware and operational data. Each UCS can accommodate up to six consoles, making it a robust solution for modern aerial command and control operations.
IAI's Mission Operation and Intelligence Center (MOIC) is a state-of-the-art command center designed for the efficient control of multiple simultaneous Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) missions. This all-in-one facility consolidates mission planning, execution, sensor exploitation, and intelligence production, providing enhanced operational flexibility. The MOIC integrates pilots, operators, analysts, and commanders into a unified operational framework, facilitating coordinated tasking of UAS platforms and manned assets. It effectively manages collection taskings, monitors payloads, and processes data from various sensors such as EO/IR, SAR, GMTI, COMINT, and ESM to generate situational awareness and prioritize surveillance actions. With its modular design and integrated mission trainer for realistic simulations, the MOIC adapts to specific operational needs while streamlining workflows for maximum efficiency across fleet-wide assets.
The IAI ELTA ELM-2055DX Airborne Ground Surveillance Radar represents a cutting-edge advancement in aerial surveillance technology, providing exceptional all-weather Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery and Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) capabilities for both manned and unmanned platforms. This versatile radar system is designed for a wide range of applications, including surveillance, target acquisition, battlefield damage assessment, and anti-terrorism operations. When integrated with the IAI ELTA ELS-8994 Geospatial Exploitation System or existing systems, it offers a customizable solution to meet specific operational needs. The ELM-2055DX can deliver real-time SAR imagery, enabling wide-area surveillance across more than 2000 km² per hour, with sufficient resolution for vehicle detection and high-resolution imaging for stationary targets. Its successful integration on various platforms, including tactical UAVs and light reconnaissance aircraft, underscores its adaptability and effectiveness in diverse operational scenarios.
The IAI M19 High Definition multi-sensor system is a cutting-edge observation solution designed for both manned and unmanned airborne platforms operating at medium and high altitudes. With a large-format payload, the M19 delivers exceptional high-definition multi-sensor imagery at ultra-long ranges, ensuring outstanding observation quality even from significant distances. It features a comprehensive field of regard with 360° continuous azimuth coverage and a slewing rate of up to 100°/sec. The system includes a thermal camera with a resolution of 1280x1024, various day camera options for continuous zoom, and high-performance SWIR capabilities. Additionally, the M19 can be seamlessly integrated into any C4I system or operated with IAI’s proprietary control systems, supported by tailored customer service through a cost-effective ILS package to meet specific operational needs.
The POPUltra is an ultra-lightweight payload designed for day and night observation systems, specifically tailored for airborne applications such as small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This advanced payload delivers real-time imagery, automatic video tracking, and precise target geo-location, enhancing operational efficiency. Featuring a dual-axis, gyro-stabilized, fully digital design, the POPUltra includes a continuous zoom color day camera and a thermal imaging camera, with options for a laser pointer and automatic television tracker for added functionality. Weighing less than 5 kg and measuring 8 inches in diameter, it offers a wide field of regard with 360° azimuth coverage. The POPUltra seamlessly integrates with any C4I system or can be operated using IAI's control systems, backed by comprehensive customer support through a tailored ILS package to ensure optimal availability.
The MOSP 3000 HD is a highly stabilized long-range reconnaissance sensor payload designed for 2-3 minutes of long-range surveillance, investigation, and target acquisition missions. This advanced electro-optical system minimizes the risk of exposure for airborne platforms and operators to enemy detection and counter-surveillance systems by enabling stand-off operations. Featuring a single LRU, the MOSP 3000 HD incorporates high-definition multi-sensors with thermal, day, and SWIR channels, delivering exceptional performance in its class. Its powerful sensors, high stabilization, bore-sight capability, and unique image processing ensure outstanding range acquisition. Additionally, the system enhances operator efficiency and situational awareness through its multimode Automatic Video Tracker (AVT) and video symbology overlay. The MOSP payloads are operationally deployed and combat-proven by customers around the globe, reinforcing IAI's position as a world leader in electro-optical solutions.
The IAI Micropop is an advanced training system designed to enhance the skills of personnel in various operational scenarios. With a user-friendly interface and cutting-edge simulation technology, it provides realistic training experiences that prepare users for real-world challenges. The system supports a wide range of training modules, allowing organizations to customize their training programs according to specific needs. Ideal for military and defense applications, the Micropop ensures that trainees receive comprehensive instruction in a controlled environment, fostering both individual and team development.
The IAI ELTA ELL-8385 is a cutting-edge integrated Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) system designed to excel in complex radar environments. With capabilities for long-range, high-endurance missions, the ELL-8385 effectively searches, intercepts, measures, locates, analyzes, classifies, and monitors a wide range of ground, airborne, and naval radar transmissions. Its advanced technology ensures reliable detection of high-mobility and rapidly changing signals, making it an essential tool for generating real-time intelligence reports, including Electronic Order of Battle (EOB). This system seamlessly integrates tactical and strategic intelligence to enhance national security operations.
