Their legs are long and yellow and their beak has a yellow base and black tip.Ĭlick to hear the sounds of a Harris Hawk When in flight the underside of the wings are also coppery in color. Their tail is long with white feathers near the vent and at the tip of the tail. IRIS-T (infra-red imaging system – tail / thrust vector controlled) is an air-to-air guided missile manufactured by Diehl BGT Defence as part of a Germany-led multinational programme.Harris' Hawks ( Parabuteo unicinctus) are dark brown in color with copper or reddish colored shoulder patches.
IRIS-T Air-to-Air Guided Missile, Germany It is derived from a Dornier Do-28 aircraft. The Do-228 is a twin-engine, multirole light transport aircraft designed and developed jointly by Indian aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and RUAG Aerospace, Germany. The solution provides satellite link for beyond-line-of-sight (BLoS) communications.ĭornier Do-228 Light Transport Aircraft, Germany Newtec supplied an IP traffic enhancement and shaping solution called Cross-Layer-Optimisation to secure the downlink via satellite once the Euro Hawk has collected information. The drone can also be fitted with European SOSTAR sensor to fulfil the advanced imagery intelligence needs. Maritime sensors and equipment can also be fitted. The huge payload of the drone enables it to be equipped with dual mode high-resolution synthetic aperture radar / moving target indicator (SAR / MTI) sensor for wide-area high-altitude IMINT missions.
“The drone flew continuously for 25.3 hours in European airspace during its endurance flight conducted in August 2013.”
It will also be capable of carrying out imagery intelligence (IMINT) and other Nato missions. The drone can be deployed in wide-area surveillance and all-weather target identification and tracking (MTI) missions. Cassidian, on the other hand, provided the SIGINT ground station, which receives and analyses the data from Euro Hawk as part of an integrated system solution. Northrop Grumman provided a ground station comprising of mission control and launch and recovery elements. Gross takeoff weight of the UAS is 32,250lbs and payload capacity is 3,000lbs. The wingspan is 130.9ft, length is 47.6ft and height is 15.4ft. The drone features a larger wingspan compared to commercial airliners enabling it to fly at altitudes of more than 60,000ft for more than 30 hours.
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The MoD has ordered four drones, which will be delivered between 20. The German Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded the contract for the development, test and support of the full-scale demonstrator Euro Hawk system to EuroHawk in January 2007. It has completed 19 flights and approximately 200 flight hours. It reached an altitude of 58,600ft over Manching Air Base without being refuelled. The drone flew continuously for 25.3 hours in European airspace during its endurance flight conducted in August 2013. The first signals intelligence sensor test flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle was completed in January 2013 at Manching Air Base, Germany. It also completed a historic ferry flight to Germany in July 2011. Euro Hawk successfully completed its maiden flight from Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale facility in California to Edwards Air Force Base in June 2010.
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