Hermes 650 Spark
Tactical surveillance aircraft with documented customer testing and a separately proposed maritime operating concept.
- Country / region
- Israel
- Programme status
- Development / trials
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Elbit Systems
- Origin / production countries
- Israel
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Land-based aircraft programme; Maritime Apparatus — July 2026 integration concept
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Supplier reports customer testing; July 2026 ship concept does not establish operational maritime acceptance.
Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Fixed wing with front-mounted engine
Spark architecture.
Source - Launch / recovery
- Short-runway take-off and landing
Aircraft feature; maritime deployment remains a concept.
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
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Endurance
- Up to 24 hours
Supplier maximum.
Source - Range
- 300 km line-of-sight datalink; SATCOM option
Communications limits, not ferry range.
Source - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Altitude
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source - Payload
- 260 kg useful-load allowance
Useful load is not assumed to be sensor payload excluding fuel.
Source - Sensors
- EO/IR/SWIR, radar and electronic-intelligence options
Configuration-dependent.
Source - Communications / navigation
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source