Role & capabilities
- Persistent ISR
- Maritime sensor integration
- Real-time imagery and data
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Elbit Systems
- Origin / production countries
- Israel
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Hermes 900; Maritime Patrol configuration; StarLiner — separately certified derivative
- Operators / programme customers
- Israel Defense Forces; international customers vary by configuration
Evidence & current status
The cited public record documents military use or operator acceptance. Specifications still depend on the particular production version and mission configuration.
Role & programme
A medium-altitude reconnaissance family with land and maritime configurations. Maritime versions combine radar, imaging and mission data for coastal and offshore awareness.
The maritime product is one Hermes 900 configuration; StarLiner is a separately certified derivative. Published sensor combinations or certification milestones do not apply automatically to every Hermes 900. The current baseline product table supplies the figures below. Other publications describe different payload/endurance combinations; those should not be combined into one aircraft configuration.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Fixed-wing MALE reconnaissance aircraft | Current manufacturer baseline table; published maritime and earlier customer configurations differ. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Propulsion | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Dimensions | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Mass | 1,180 kg take-off weight in current product table | Current manufacturer baseline table; published maritime and earlier customer configurations differ. Source |
| Endurance | Up to 36 h in current baseline table | Current manufacturer baseline table; published maritime and earlier customer configurations differ. Source |
| Range | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Speed | Not established from the reviewed sources. | Public data gap; no estimate substituted. Follow the source for subsequent releases. Source |
| Altitude | 30,000 ft service ceiling | Current manufacturer baseline table; published maritime and earlier customer configurations differ. Source |
| Payload | 350 kg current baseline table; not the separate maritime figure | Current manufacturer baseline table; published maritime and earlier customer configurations differ. Source |
| Sensors | EO/IR, radar and other mission-sensor options | Current manufacturer baseline table; published maritime and earlier customer configurations differ. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Satellite and line-of-sight datalinks | Current manufacturer baseline table; published maritime and earlier customer configurations differ. Source |
Publication history
- — Expanded catalogue profile with sourced specifications, variant distinctions, programme evidence and explicit public data gaps.
Suggest a correction to this entry
Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- Elbit Hermes 900 Maritime (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source
- Elbit Hermes StarLiner and operational history (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source
- Elbit current Hermes 900 product table (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme source