Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Thales, IAI Flight Test NATO-Standard Data Link on Heron
The companies said they conducted risk reduction flight tests in Israel of a Heron UAV equipped with a Thales-Elisra data link system.
Israel Aerospace Industries featured its latest Super Heron variant in front of its chalet at the Paris Air Show in June. (Photo: Bill Carey)
Israel Aerospace Industries featured its latest Super Heron variant in front of its chalet at the Paris Air Show in June. (Photo: Bill Carey)

Israel Aerospace Industries and France’s Thales have flown IAI’s Heron unmanned aircraft with a Thales-Elisra datalink that conforms with the NATO standard for real-time data transmission. Infrared and daylight videos were transmitted in real time to a ground control station during flight testing in Israel, the companies said July 7.