Elbit Techniques Ltd will produce and supply the Artillery Corps of the Israeli Protection Forces (IDF) with the SkylarkTM 1Transitional Vertical Take-Off and Touchdown Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial Techniques (Skylark 1 eVTOL), mixed with through-life upkeep companies for all of the IDF Floor Drive’s STUAS techniques (Skylark 1 & Skylark 3).
Weighing as much as 20kg, the brand new Skylark 1 eVTOL is a man-packed or vehicle-based platform providing the endurance and vary of a fixed-wing STUAS with the potential to hover, take-off and land vertically. Mixed with onboard analytical capabilities, the Skylark 1 eVTOL considerably expands the operations of tactical forces and allows quick deployment with a purpose to organically carry out Intelligence, Surveillance, Goal Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions. Beneath the contract, Elbit Techniques will substitute the Skylark 1 with the brand new system that will likely be built-in with the at the moment operational fleet utilized by the IDF Floor forces.
STUAS from the Skylark household are in operational use in a dozens of nations across the globe.