Aeronautics Defense Dominator

Short description: Israeli UAV modified from Diamond DA42

"Dominator UAV" redirects here. For the American Boeing UAV, see Persistent Munition Technology Demonstrator.

Dominator

General information
National origin| Israel
Manufacturer| Aeronautics Defense Systems
History
Developed from| Diamond DA42 Twin Star

The Aeronautics Defense Dominator is an Israeli Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufactured by Aeronautics Defense Systems.[1] It is based on the Austrian Diamond DA42 Twin Star passenger aircraft. Dominator UAV executes intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.

## Contents

* 1 Operational history
* 2 Operators
* 3 Specifications
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Operational history

The aircraft made its first test flight in July 2009.[2] The unmanned aircraft has an endurance of 28 hours with a 900 lb (410 kg) payload and flies at 75-190 knots (140–350 km/h) to a maximum altitude of 30,000 ft (9,100 m).[3][4]

## Operators

* Mexico — 2 Dominator XPs [5][6]
* Thailand - Ordered in August 2018.[7] Locally designated B.T.3 (Thai: บ.ต.๓).[8]
* Turkey - 1 Dominator 2, being used to monitor borders.[9]

## Specifications

General characteristics

* Crew: None
* Length: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
* Wingspan: 13.42 m (44 ft 0 in)
* Gross weight: 1,200 kg (2,640 lb)
* Powerplant: 2 × Thielert diesel engines , 101 kW (135 hp) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 354 km/h (219 mph, 190 kn)
* Service ceiling: 9,100 m (30,000 ft)

## See also

* Joint Direct Attack Munition
* List of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
* Unmanned combat air vehicle

Related development

* Diamond DA42 Twin Star

## References

1. ↑ Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd.
2. ↑ "Dominator II - an Unmanned DA-42 Performs First Flight". Defense Update. http://www.defense-update.com/products/d/dominator2_290709.html. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
3. ↑ Niles, Russ (August 2009). "DA42-Based UAV Tested". http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/DA42_UAV_Tested_200979-1.html. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
4. ↑ "Aeronautics Defense Systems successfully tested unmanned Diamond DA42". Defense Professionals. July 2009. http://www.defpro.com/news/details/8886/. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
5. ↑ Unmanned Dominator XP makes Mexican debut. 30 September 2015.
6. ↑ Egozi, Arie (26 February 2014). "Mexico signs for unmanned Dominators". Flightglobal. http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/mexico-signs-for-unmanned-dominators-396365/. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
7. ↑ "THAIDEFENSE-NEWS: Aeronautics Wins $27m Thailand UAV Deal". August 2018. http://thaidefense-news.blogspot.com/2018/08/aeronautics-wins-27m-thailand-uav-deal.html.
8. ↑ "Thai Military Aircraft Designations". https://designation-systems.net/non-us/thailand.html.
9. ↑ Aeronautics planned second manned/unmanned conversion. Flightglobal. (13 October 2010)

## External links

* Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd.
* Israeli Weapons

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