Casper 250
The Casper 250/SOFAR is a civilian-developed "back pack" UAV made in co-operation by Top I Vision Ltd and WB Electronics Sp. z o.o. Both of these companies produce the aircraft on the same rights - WB Electronics in Poland as WB Electronics SOFAR and Top I Vision in Israel as Casper 250. It is designed as a reconnaissance platform with real-time data acquisition. The Casper 250 system consists of the aircraft, its payload, the ground controlling and data-link components.
The Casper 250 was designed for quick deployment and simple human-machine interface.
Applications
Typical military missions:
- Battlefield surveillance
- Target acquisition and designation
- Battlefield monitoring
- Air strike control
- Border patrol
- Coast guard surveillance
- Damage assessment
The Casper 250 system can also be used for civilian or commercial application such as:
- Pollution control at ground sea and air
- Natural disasters monitoring
- Forest fire monitoring and control
- Fishery and navigation control
- General installations security
- Gas pipelines and Oil rigs security
Capabilities
- Electric propulsion, providing for quiet, covert operation
- Hand launched, self recovery, man-deployable
- GPS navigation allows for fully autonomous missions
- Service ceiling: 2000 feet
- Operational Endurance 1.5 hours
- Line of Sight data-link range > 10 km
- Real time IMINT
- Payload Control
References
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