Armytechnology.com: ECA Group IT180-3EL-I Mini VTOL UAV

The UAV is intended to perform missions such as intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR), search and rescue, damage assessment, port and coastal protection, force protection, battlefield management, as well as covert operations.

With the ability to locate, identify and track hostile threats and offending operators, the system provides warfighters with high survivability and improved situational awareness on the battlefield.

The VTOL UAV was displayed during SITDEF 2015 exhibition in Bangkok in November 2015. It was presented to foreign law -3EL-enforcement agencies in October 2015 in France.

Published on the web site Army-technology.com, November 2015

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IT180-3EL-I mini UAV has been in service with the French Army since 2012.

IT180-3EL-I unmanned aerial vehicle can fly at a maximum altitude of 3km

IT180-3EL-I UAV features three-blade contra-rotating rotors