IAI Green Dragon
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IsraelManufacturer: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) — ELTA
Low-cost tactical loitering munition for platoon/company-level units: silent, man-portable and abort-capable until the last second.
Low-cost tactical loitering munition for platoon/company-level units: silent, man-portable and abort-capable until the last second.
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Identity
- Designation
- IAI Green Dragon
- Manufacturer
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) — ELTA
- Country
- Israel
- Year
- 2017
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Mini (< 2 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 40 km
- Endurance
- 1.5 h
- Top speed
- 148 km/h
- Propulsion
- Elettrico
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 15 kg
- Payload
- 3 kg
- Weapons
- Testata HE leggera da 3 kg
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR giorno-notte
- Datalink / control
- Datalink crittografato, ricaricabile
- Launch
- Canister portatile o veicolare
- Recovery
- Nessuno (o abort)
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History
Unveiled at Singapore Airshow 2016, the Green Dragon was designed to bring loitering munition capability down to platoon level: man-portable canister launch, low acoustic signature and unit cost an order of magnitude below MALE systems.
The Green Dragon was developed by IAI's ELTA Systems division to meet rising demand for man-portable kamikaze munitions from special forces and light infantry units, in a post-Karabakh environment where every modern military is looking for cheap alternatives to traditional anti-tank missiles.
The drone has been pitched in various European and Asian procurement programs as a complement to Spike and Javelin anti-tank systems, offering a 40 km engagement range — far beyond any shoulder-launched missile.
In Israeli doctrine the Green Dragon falls into the 'organic loitering munition' category: precision strike capability embedded directly inside manoeuvre units, without the need to call in air or artillery support.