IAI I-View
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The IAI I-View (Eye-View in some sources{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/extract/idr95/idr00502.html |title=Jane's Information Group |publisher=Janes.com |access-date=2012-11-18}}) is a small reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle developed in Israel in the early 21st century. Like other UAVs produced by IAI, it has fixed landing gear and an 18.6 kW (25 hp) piston engine. The Eye-View is also being promoted in civilian markets for forest fire warning, and in this form is appropriately known as the FireBird.
In December 2006, the I-View was selected as the winning tender in the JP129 requirement to provide a reconnaissance UAV for the Australian Defence Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q4/061214c_nr.html |title=Australia to Provide Australia's First Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Capability |publisher=Boeing |date=2006-12-15 |access-date=2012-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008182526/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q4/061214c_nr.html |archive-date=2012-10-08 }}[http://www.export.gov.il/Eng/_Articles/Article.asp?ArticleID=4820&CategoryID=727]{{dead link|date=November 2012}} The contract for the project was canceled in September 2008 as a result of technical problems before any UAVs were delivered.{{cite news|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/09/04/315559/australia-weighs-tactical-options-after-i-view-uav-cancellation.html|title=Australia weighs tactical options after I-View UAV cancellation|last=Kelly|first=Emma|author2=Egozi, Arie |date=4 September 2008|publisher=Flight International|access-date=10 May 2009}}
Under a $50 million deal, signed in April, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will supply Russia with some of its second-tier UAVs, including the Bird-Eye 400 mini-UAV, the I-view MK150 tactical UAV and the Searcher Mk II medium-range UAV. This is the first Israeli sale of military platforms to Russia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull |title=Jpost - the Jerusalem Post | Israel news, Middle East & Judaism |access-date=2009-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720075756/http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull |archive-date=2014-07-20 |url-status=dead }}
Specifications
File:I-View Mk50 unmanned aircraft.JPG
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|crew=none
|capacity=14 kg (30 lb) payload
|length m=2.90
|length ft=9
|length in=6
|span m=3.96
|span ft=13
|span in=0
|gross weight kg=104
|gross weight lb=230
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Dale DH-290
|eng1 kw=19
|eng1 hp=25
|max speed kmh=185
|max speed mph=115
|endurance=>6 hours
|ceiling m=1,500
|ceiling ft=5,000
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Operators
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: 8 systems purchased by Russia.{{Cite web |title=Arms transfer database |url=https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/TransferData/transferDetail?entityId=262680 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=armstransfers.sipri.org}}{{Cite web |last=Karnozov |first=Vladimir |title=Russian UAVs Find Combat Missions over Syria {{!}} AIN |url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2017-03-14/russian-uavs-find-combat-missions-over-syria |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Aviation International News}}
References
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This article contains material that originally came from the web article {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110902194407/http://www.vectorsite.net/twuav.html Unmanned Aerial Vehicles]}} by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain.
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