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    IAI Searcher

    The IAI Searcher (also known by the Hebrew name‫ מרומית‬Meyromit - "Marsh tern",[2] or officially in Israel as the
    Searcher
    ‫ חוגלה‬Hugla - "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 theIsraeli Army.

    Contents
    Design
    Operational deployment
    Crashes
    Users
    Specifications (Searcher II)
    See also IAI Searcher in Tel Nof Airbase, Israel
    References Role Reconnaissance UAV
    National origin Israel
    Manufacturer IAI
    Design Introduction • Searcher 1 - 1992[1]
    The Searcher looks almost identical to the Scout and Pioneer, but is in fact scaled up and is well over twice the size • Searcher 2 - 1998[1]
    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 byRussia, India, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Singapore,[3] Thailand and Turkey.[4]

    Operational deployment
    More than 100 Searcher IIs are being operated by theIndian Air Force and the Indian Navy.

    Crashes
    May 21, 2015 Russian UAV "Forpost" (Searcher II, tail number 923) crashed near Avdiivka in Ukraine during the War in Donbass. The aircraft was shot down by Ukrainian
    volunteer battalion Dnipro-1.[5]

    Users
    Azerbaijan[6]
    Cyprus[7]
    India
    Sri Lanka
    Ecuador Navy
    Indonesia
    Israel
    South Korea A Republic of Singapore Air Force's
    Russia - as Forpost (Форпост) licensed copy.[8] 30 systems with 3 UAVs each.[9] IAI Searcher II at Henry Post Army
    Singapore Airfield (Fort Sill, Oklahoma).

    Spain
    Timor-Leste
    Thailand[10]

    Specifications (Searcher II)


    General characteristics

    Crew: None
    Capacity: 68 kg (150 lb) payload
    Length: 5.85 m (19 ft 2 in) Russian Forpost.
    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)
    Performance
    Maximum speed: 200 km/h (125 mph)
    Endurance: 18 hours
    Service ceiling: 6,100 m (20,000 ft)

    See also
    Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

    IAI Pioneer
    The IAI Searcher II
    IAI Scout

    References
    1. [1] (https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063144/http://www
    .idf.il/1133-13389-he/Dover.aspx)
    2. "Jane's Information Group"(http://www.janes.com/extracts/extract/juav/juav1299.html). Janes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
    3. "Hermes 450" (http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/uav/hermes_450/Hermes_450.html). Israeli-weapons.com. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
    4. [2] (https://web.archive.org/web/20090608184550/http://www
    .todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=157438&bolum=100)
    5. http://censor.net.ua/photo_news/337036/kadry_sborki_sbitogo_na_donbasse_rossiyiskogo_bespilotnika_forpost_na_uralskom_zavode_po_zakazu_minoborony
    6. "List of ammunition purchased by Azerbaijan made public"(http://news.az/articles/politics/57003). News.Az. 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
    7. "UAVS AND UCAVS: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION – Appendix III,able
    T 1" (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/studiesdownload.
    html?languageDocument=EN&file=19483). Retrieved 2013-01-01.
    8. http://www.defenseworld.net/news/13210/Russian_Force_Practice_Flying_Forpost__Orlan_10_Drones_In_T
    ajikistan#.V0mXqmh96Uk
    9. http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2017/1225/143544779/detail.shtml
    10. "คณะเจาหนาที่ของกองทัพเรือ เยี่ยมชมสาธิตการบิน UAV แบบ Searcher II ของกองทัพบก" (http://www.thaifighterclub.org/webboard.php?action=detailQuestion&
    questionid=16554&topic=%A4%B3%D0%E0%A8%E9%D2%CB%B9%E9%D2%B7%D5%E8%A2%CD%A7%A1%CD%A7%B7%D1%BE%E0%C3%D7%C
    D%20%E0%C2%D5%E8%C2%C1%AA%C1%CA%D2%B8%D4%B5%A1%D2%C3%BA%D4%B9%20UA V%20%E1%BA%BA%20Searcher%20II%20%A2%
    CD%A7%A1%CD%A7%B7%D1%BE%BA%A1) . Thaifighterclub.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

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

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