Aviation Week reports in its latest issue that Israel will unveil a large armed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in six months. The UAV is reportedly the Heron 2, with a weight of 1.8 tons and a 37-meter wingspan, the same as a Boeing 737.
“Aviation Week” adds that the IDF is developing a combined piloted an unpiloted operational concept to attack ballistic missiles in both the boost phase intercept (BPI) and boost phase launcher intercept (BPLI) stages. The weekly quotes an Israel Air Force (IAF) source as saying, “Merging the two missions is the way we are going. Each platform brings manned and unmanned relevant advantage. Developing only one tool or one platform is the wrong approach.

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