Steadicopter Black Eagle 50/STD-5 Helivision (Israel), Unmanned aerial vehicles

Type
Small rotary-wing UAV.

Development
Steadicopter was created in 1999 from a company established by the Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa, and revealed the first version of a helicopter UAV in 2004. It was then known as the STD-5 Helivision, and was described as a technology demonstrator. A larger and heavier developed version is called the Black Eagle 50. The flight control system is part of an unmanned kit which can be adapted to any size and type of hovering platform, and which allows manned helicopters to fly autonomously.Black Eagle 50 has been designed to meet military requirements although civil applications are also foreseen including media, agricultural, high-voltage line inspection and environmental monitoring.

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Publication Title Jane's Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Targets
Publication date Dec 12, 2011
Section Unmanned aerial vehicles
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