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Compare the evidence.

Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Aerostar NG

Current Aerostar surveillance configuration, recorded separately from the family’s earlier customer history.

Country / region
Israel
Programme status
Supplier-reported status
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Supplier-reported statusSupplier-reported status
Primary domain
Air
System type
Reconnaissance aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Aeronautics
Origin / production countries
Israel
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Current NG baseline; Legacy Aerostar configurations require separate dated data
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Supplier information is attributed; performance and operational acceptance require configuration-specific evidence.

Role & capabilities

  • Reconnaissance

Specifications in context

Airframe
Runway-operated fixed wing

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Launch / recovery
Automatic runway take-off and landing

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Mass
240 kg maximum take-off

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Endurance
More than 12 hours

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Speed
100 knots maximum

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Payload
Up to 40 kg

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Sensors
EO/IR, radar, AIS and electronic-surveillance options

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source