IAI Harpy NG

Summary

The IAI Harpy NG or IAI Harpy New Generation is a Loitering munition produced by the Israel Aerospace Industries. It is an anti-radiation drone and loitering weapon and is optimized for the SEAD operations. It has high explosive warhead and is a "fire and forget" autonomous weapon.[1]

Harop NG
Role Loitering Munition
National origin Israel
Manufacturer IAI
Designer IAI
Status In service
Primary user Israel
Developed from IAI Harop

It can operate in all-weather day/night and it can be launched from a ground vehicle. It has 9 hours airborne time.[2] Harpy improved in several ways from its predecessor, particularly in loiter time, range, altitude, maintenance and training.[3] Also, it improved RF spectrum from 2–18 to 0.8–18 GHz.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Harpy NG". IAI. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ Zitun, Yoav (17 February 2016). "The missile that looks like a UAV". Y net news. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Singapore Airshow 2016: IAI unveils three loitering systems". Jane’s. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Singapore: IAI reveals new family of loitering munitions". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 September 2016.