Elbit SkyStriker
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IsraelManufacturer: Elbit Systems
Long-endurance electric loitering munition with man-in-the-loop guidance and abort capability until the last seconds: near-zero acoustic signature and < 1 m CEP via AI tracking.
Long-endurance electric loitering munition with man-in-the-loop guidance and abort capability until the last seconds: near-zero acoustic signature and < 1 m CEP via AI tracking.
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Identity
- Designation
- Elbit SkyStriker
- Alias
- SkyStriker Loitering Munition
- Manufacturer
- Elbit Systems
- Country
- Israel
- Year
- 2017
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Tactical (< 600 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 100 km
- Endurance
- 2 h
- Top speed
- 185 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 4,500 m
- Propulsion
- Elettrica brushless silenziosa, elica spintore
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 40 kg
- Payload
- 10 kg
- Hardpoints
- 0
- Weapons
- Testata HE 5 o 10 kg, opzione frammentazione
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR gimbal stabilizzato HD con tracking AI
- Datalink / control
- Datalink digitale criptato LOS, man-in-the-loop fino all'impatto
- Launch
- Catapulta pneumatica modulare
- Recovery
- Impatto sul bersaglio o paracadute di abort/recupero
Combat use
- ▸IDF operations in Gaza (2023-2024)
- ▸Operation Swords of Iron, Gaza (2023-2024)
- ▸Indian exercises along the Pakistan border
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History
Developed by Elbit from 2015 and unveiled in 2017, the SkyStriker has been exported to customers such as India (350 units ordered, 2021) and used operationally in Israeli regional conflicts.
Elbit's SkyStriker is a fully electric loitering munition — silent and with a low thermal signature — capable of operating 100 km from launch with up to 2 hours of endurance before the strike.
In 2018 India signed a contract for local production of more than 100 SkyStrikers through an Elbit-Adani Defence joint venture, positioning it as a reference in India's low-cost warfare doctrine against Pakistan.
The SkyStriker was used by the IDF during the Gaza war that began in 2023, destroying Hamas rocket-launch positions, mortars and vehicles, with significant advantages over traditional guided munitions thanks to a much lower unit cost.