11 Maret 2017

IAI Seeks Head-to-Head Shootout with General Atomics on AIR 7003

11 Maret 2017


The Heron TP is on display at the Avalon Airshow. (photo : Australian Aviation)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is at the Avalon Airshow on a mission to demonstrate that the Heron TP is a viable option that should be considered to meet the Australian Defence Force’s requirement for an armed unmanned aircraft.

“Give us the chance to compete, to see our capabilities, to compare, to see the benefit that we can bring with our system,” said Shaul Shahar, IAI executive vice-president and general manager, Military Aircraft Group.

Shahar told Australian Aviation on Thursday that IAI plans to partner with a leading Australian defence company that would act as the prime on its bid for the AIR 7003 project, while the Israeli defence and aerospace company would be playing the role of subcontractor, bringing “significant work-share” to Australia.

IAI is looking at three or four candidate companies, and two to three months from now it expects to be in a position to announce the local company it is teaming with.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper in RAAF markings. (image : Australian Aviation)

“Heron TP can integrate whatever the Australian customer will ask to integrate; if it has a requirement we will fulfil the requirement,” Shahar said.

Talking about the capabilities of the Heron TP, he said IAI offers “the same or better in any aspect in any domain” when compared with the Type-Certifiable Predator B system from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

The Heron TP has been in active service with the Israeli Air Force since 2010, and is on display in Australia for the first time.

Australia is seeking to acquire an armed, medium altitude, long endurance unmanned aircraft to provide an integrated and persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and attack capability to support ADF and coalition forces.

(Avalon Show Daily)

16 komentar:

  1. ini baru namanya real uav.....jangan yg heron biasa tapi heron eithan......tapi percuma juga kalau ada uav power tapi kita gak punya satelit militer

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    1. Emang Heron biasa kenapa kok bukan UAV hmmm?

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    2. uav heron ada yg standart....ada yg heron TP eithan....lebih jauh jarak jangkauan dan kapabilitas payloadnya...tapi tetap perlud dukungan satelit...untuk semua long range uav

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    3. Lalu? Karena versi lamanya ga sebagus versi barunya (wow what a surprise *sarcasm*) versi lamanya bukan UAV? Kalau bilang eithan UAV sejati karena bisa gotong AGM, tahu beda UCAV dan UAV? Hmm?

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  2. songlap??..omm daru..itu namanya ucav.liat fotonya,ada rudal kok..wkwkwk.kapan sih indo miliki satelit militer sendiri?

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    1. Konon sih 2016 kemarin udah beli dari Airbus Defence and Space dan GigaSat. Konon tipenya Skynet-5 yang dipake Ministry of Defence Inggris.

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    2. Betul.. Kontrak setau saya sudah di tanda tangani utk pengadaan 3 unit satelit, tapi pembayaran unit ke 2-3 blm di lakukan karena unit tersebut tidak di buat secara paralel bersamaan dg unit pertama.

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    3. emang ucav.....ini bukan songlap ucav you know....indo punya la..satelit militer sudah beli tapi masih bina belum siap jadi....dari airbuss.....bukan songlap satelit yer

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  3. Do TNI-AU have this Heron?
    MALE?

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    1. Komentar ini telah dihapus oleh pengarang.

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    2. Bos Hari MALE maksudnya Medium Altitude Long Endurance. Heron masuk kelas UAV MALE haha

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    3. Ooooh...kirain membahas jenis kelamin, xixixixi

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    4. Mungkin kalo yg beli thailand, mereka akan prefer yg jenisnya shemale ya. Dual-on.
      Just kidding... :p

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    5. Ane heron baca komennya bang smiling...
      Bener ane sangat heroonn...😁

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    6. @bebei

      Waow...pengalaman pribadi yang sangat menyentuh bang, xixixix

      @lutfi

      Sesuai pesan eyang(suharto)...jadi orang itu "ojo gumunan, ojo kagetan, ojo dumeh"

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