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

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]

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

  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.
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