Role & capabilities
- Long-endurance surveillance design
- Electro-optical observation
- Search-and-rescue application
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Multirole aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- PT Dirgantara Indonesia / Indonesian development consortium
- Origin / production countries
- Indonesia
- Other names
- Elang Hitam
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Portfolio presence and development specifications do not establish service acceptance or completion of earlier forecasts.
Black Eagle is Indonesia's medium-altitude, long-endurance aircraft project, distinct from Wulung. PTDI's current portfolio describes observation and search-and-rescue applications. The DEFEND ID industry booklet supplies an intended geometric and performance baseline.
Catalogue specifications are not flight-test results. The endurance and maximum take-off mass here are therefore programme figures rather than measured operational performance. PTDI's separate data-link distance also describes communications, not aircraft travel range.
The reviewed material does not establish a current military acceptance date or accepted fleet. It does not resolve every reported change in sponsorship or schedule. Development status remains visible, and an earlier planned first flight is not converted into an accomplished milestone. Later official flight, certification and production statements must identify the configuration they concern; the family name alone is insufficient to link an advertised capability to an accepted aircraft.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Propulsion | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Dimensions | 16 m wingspan; 8.6 m length; 2.6 m height | Published programme baseline. Source |
| Mass | 1,300 kg maximum take-off weight | Development baseline. Source |
| Endurance | 24 hours | Advertised programme value, not verified flight endurance. Source |
| Range | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. 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 | Up to 300 kg | Published baseline; load and conditions affect performance. Source |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Up to 250 km data link | Communications claim, not mission radius. Source |
Publication history
- — Published reference update.
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Follow the evidence
Source types identify who makes the claim. Programme milestones and supplier statements should be read in context.
- PTDI UAV portfolio: Black Eagle (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme
- DEFEND ID 2025 corporate product booklet (opens in a new tab)Industry consortium / manufacturer