The IAI Harpy NG or IAI Harpy New Generation is a Loitering munition produced by the Israel Aerospace Industries. It is an anti-radiation drone and loitering weapon and is optimized for the SEAD operations. It has high explosive warhead and is a "fire and forget" autonomous weapon.[1]
It can operate in all-weather day/night and it can be launched from a ground vehicle. It has 9 hours airborne time.[2] Harpy improved in several ways from its predecessor, particularly in loiter time, range, altitude, maintenance and training.[3] Also, it improved RF spectrum from 2–18 to 0.8–18 GHz.[4]
References
- ^ "Harpy NG". IAI. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Zitun, Yoav (17 February 2016). "The missile that looks like a UAV". Y net news. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Singapore Airshow 2016: IAI unveils three loitering systems". Jane’s. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Singapore: IAI reveals new family of loitering munitions". Flight Global. Retrieved 2 September 2016.