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

Orbiter 3

Electric tactical reconnaissance aircraft with a versioned ten-hour supplier baseline and optional VTOL kit.

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
Conventional launcher/parachute configuration; Optional VTOL kit — separate performance required
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
Fixed wing

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Propulsion
Electric

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Dimensions
4.4 m span; 2 m length

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Mass
32 kg maximum take-off

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Endurance
Up to 10 hours, conventional configuration

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Range
Up to 150 km line-of-sight communications; BLOS option

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Speed
70 knots maximum

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Payload
Up to 6 kg

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Sensors
EO/IR, radar and electronic-intelligence options

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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