Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance
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Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) refers to an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV) that flies at an altitude
window of 10,000 to 30,000 feet for extended durations of time, typically 24 to 48 hour
s.
With their advanced Western Standard electro-optical payloads, American, Israeli and Turkish developed MALE UAV's are considered the most advanced in the world. These countries hold a large market share of the MALE UAV market.
Some examples of MALE UAV systems are:
Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle , also known as a unmanned aircraft system , remotely piloted aircraft or unmanned aircraft, is a machine which functions either by the remote control of a navigator or pilot or autonomously, that is, as a self-directing entity...
(UAV) that flies at an altitude
Altitude
Altitude or height is defined based on the context in which it is used . As a general definition, altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object. The reference datum also often varies according to the context...
window of 10,000 to 30,000 feet for extended durations of time, typically 24 to 48 hour
Hour
The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds...
s.
With their advanced Western Standard electro-optical payloads, American, Israeli and Turkish developed MALE UAV's are considered the most advanced in the world. These countries hold a large market share of the MALE UAV market.
Some examples of MALE UAV systems are:
- Aeronautics Defense Dominator (Israel)
- IAI HeronIAI HeronThe IAI Heron is a Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Malat division of Israel Aerospace Industries. It is capable of Medium Altitude Long Endurance operations of up to 52 hours' duration at up to 35,000 feet...
(Israel) - TAI Anka (Turkey)
- EADS Harfang (Licenced produced IAI HeronIAI HeronThe IAI Heron is a Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Malat division of Israel Aerospace Industries. It is capable of Medium Altitude Long Endurance operations of up to 52 hours' duration at up to 35,000 feet...
) - MQ-1 Predator (USA)
- Scaled Composites Model 395Scaled Composites Model 395The Scaled Composites Model 395 is an unmanned air vehicle which is currently under development. It is a derivative of the Scaled Composites Model 281 Proteus aircraft, and is being developed jointly with Northrop Grumman, who is funding the project....
(USA) - Chengdu Pterodactyl IChengdu Pterodactyl I|-See also:...
(China) - EADS Talarion (European Union and Turkey)
- DRDO Rustom (India)