PICTURE: Israeli air force reveals sensor-equipped Eitan UAV
By Arie Egozi
The Israeli air force has for the first time displayed its Israel Aerospace Industries
Eitan endurance unmanned air vehicle prototype with sensor payloads fitted.
Shown to the media at Tel-Nof air base on 8 October, the Eitan's displayed sensor fit comprises a belly-mounted synthetic aperture radar pod, and what appears to be a modified Elop
advanced multi-sensor payload system beneath its nose. It also carries two conformal signals intelligence arrays - most likely interferometers - near the base of its satellite communications fairing.
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October 17th, 2007
