IAI Heron

The IAI Heron (Machatz-1) is a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Malat (UAV) division of Israel Aerospace Industries. It is capable of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) operations of up to 52 hours' duration at up to 35,000 feet (10,668 meters). It has demonstrated 52 hours of continuous flight, but the effective operational maximal flight duration is less, according to payload and flight profile. An advanced version, the Heron TP, is also known as the IAI Eitan.

On September 11th 2005, it was announced that the Israel Defense Forces purchased US$50 million worth of Heron systems.

Users

 * Australia
 * Royal Australian Air Force
 * Azerbaijan
 * Azerbaijani Air Force
 * Brazil
 * Brazilian Federal Police
 * Canada
 * Royal Canadian Air Force
 * Ecuador
 * Ecuadorian Navy
 * Germany
 * Luftwaffe
 * Greece
 * Ministry of National Defence
 * India
 * Indian Air Force
 * Indian Army
 * Israel
 * Israel Defense Forces
 * Republic of Korea
 * Republic of Korea Army
 * Morocco
 * Royal Moroccan Air Force
 * Singapore
 * Republic of Singapore Air Force
 * Turkey
 * Turkish Air Force
 * United States
 * United States Navy

Related Development

 * IAI Eitan
 * EADS Harfang

Comparable Aircraft

 * DRDO Rustom
 * General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
 * IAIO Fotros
 * TAI Anka