South AFRICA
Prime Manu.
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ATE
Vulture (UAOS)
Complete Underway Deployed Artillery, target localisation, fire correction and reconnaissance/ surveillance UAV. Communication relay, day/night reconnaissance and EW in upgraded variants.  Optronic Day Light (ODS), TV camera, laser range-finder and electrical sight control unit.  Rail- launched. Parachute and airbag combination in unprepared terrain. 8 Two air vehicles with daytime video sensor payloads, one spare airframe; one GCS with mission computers and communications equipment; mobile launcher; containerised spafes and support equipment.    One 25 hp two-cylinder piston engine. Two-blade pusher porp. 4.90   3.10 0.70             25 100   86 65 48 16,400   32.4 3.0  
First flight of the prototype airvehicle was made on 17 March 1995. 130 test flight were preformed. The first full autonomous flight was made on 31 January 1998. Scheduled for 2000-2001 to South African Army.  Transportation by two 10 ton all-terrain cargo trucks.  30 minute deploy.                                                
Vulture Upgrade Mkグ
                                          35 135             108 4.0  
                                                               
Vulture Upgrade Mkケ
                                            45 170             324 8  
                                                                 
Super Vulture
Underway     EW and lohg range day/night reconnaissance UAV.                                     90 310             607 14  
Protype                                                              
Prime Manu.
  UAV Designation
Production status  
Operational status          
Power plants
Dimensions (m)            
  Wieghts (kg)  
        Performance      
Comments
 Development
Production
Operation
 Purpose
Mission payload
Launch, take-off type
Recovery, landing type
Min crews need
System composite
Data link, comm frequency
Engine
Propulsion
Wing span
Wing area (С)
Length overall
Height overall
Wheel track
Wheel base
Wing aspect ratio
Fuselage max width
Weight empty
Max fuel weight
Max Payload
Max T-O/launch weight
M200ax level speed (kt)
Cruising speed (kt)
Loiter speed (kt)
Stall speed (kt)
Service Ceiling (ft)
Max rate of climb (ft/min)
Range (nm)
Max Endurance (h)
Kentron
Seekerグ (AV: Seeker 2D)
Complete Complete(?) Deployed  Reconnaissance target location and artillery fire correction UAV. Colour TV with ×36 zoom and Eloptro thermal imager. Target recognition slant ranges of 5.5 km for TV and 2.8 km for FLIR. Wheeled take-off. Can aided by a winch launcher and a zero length launcher. Night take-offs and landings are performed routinely to enable night reco- nnaissance under any light conditions. Wheeled landing, shortened by means of arrester cable engaged.  10 (4 operators, 6 transpor- tation and setup)  4-6 air vehicles, three ground vehicles, one mibile GCS, two or three generators, one field support shelter.  The complete system consists of a mission control unit, a tracking and communication unit, the air vehicles, payloads, a field support subsystem (FSS), and a mobile recever unit. muti-channel G/H-band, A-band UHF backup. One 50 hp Limbach L550E four-cylinder two-stroke engine. Two-blade pusher prop.  7.0 4.427 4.438 1.30 1.20        151 49(64 liters) / 79 liters  40 240 95 65     18,000  1,000 108 >9.0  
     In service since 1985.                                                  
Seekerグ (AV: Seeker 2E)
Complete Underway Deployed Improved Seekerグ system.       Limbach two-stroke engine.                       50           20,000     12(50kg payload)) -15(40kg payload) All Air Force seeker upgraded to 2E.
First flight in September 1995.                                                        
Seekerケ (AV: Seeker 3A)
Complete(?) Underway Underway. Enhanced Seeker system. Avitronic ESP (Electronic Surveillance Payload) with the  frequency range from 0.5 to 18 GHz.                               50           18,000   135 10  
Intrudced in 1999. 10 systems was planned initially, with deliveries to start in 2000.                                                        
Lark
Complete Underway   Defence suppression and anti-radar strike dron or surveillance UAV.  Anti-radation seeker head and war Rocket assisted zero-lenght launch from truck- or ship- mounted container. Expendable in anti-radar configuration. Parachute/ airbag recovery system.   27 air vehicles (nine per launch vehicle); three launch vehicles; one mission planning and control station; one logistic support vehicle.    One 38 hp UEL AR 731 rotary engine. Two-blade variable-pitch pusher prop.  2.10   2.432 0.55             25  120   113 70-120   15,000   54 4.0  
 First flight (1.5 hour) was made in early November 1994.    2-18 GHz frequency range. 0.7 to 2 GHz optional)