Aeronautics Dominator XP
Twin-engine MALE derived from the Diamond DA42 with 28 h endurance and 400 kg payload: leverages civilian aviation certifications and supply chain to reduce cost.
Aeronautics Dominator XP
Twin-engine MALE derived from the Diamond DA42 with 28 h endurance and 400 kg payload: leverages civilian aviation certifications and supply chain to reduce cost.
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Identity
- Designation
- Aeronautics Dominator XP
- Alias
- Dominator MALE (Diamond DA42-based)
- Manufacturer
- Aeronautics Defense Systems
- Country
- Israel
- Year
- 2009
- Category
- ISR (Reconnaissance)
- Class
- MALE (Medium-altitude / long-endurance)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 1500 km
- Endurance
- 28 h
- Top speed
- 350 km/h
- Service ceiling
- 9,100 m
- Propulsion
- 2 × Austro Engine AE300 diesel turbocompresso, eliche trattive
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 2300 kg
- Payload
- 400 kg
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR multi-sensore, SAR/GMTI, ELINT/COMINT, radar marittimo
- Datalink / control
- LOS + SATCOM BLOS
- Launch
- Pista (decollo autonomo)
- Recovery
- Pista (atterraggio autonomo)
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History
Unveiled in 2009, the Dominator was created by converting the Diamond DA42 Twin Star airframe into a MALE UAV, drastically cutting development time.
Aeronautics' Dominator XP is derived from the civilian Diamond DA42 twin-turbodiesel certified airframe: its commercial origin allows operating and maintenance costs to be drastically lower than a clean-sheet MALE drone.
The drone is used for very long-endurance maritime patrol missions (over 28 hours), with payloads up to 350 kg including SAR/GMTI radars, high-resolution EO/IR sensors and SIGINT/ELINT systems.
The Dominator program faced export hurdles after the 2017 scandal in which Aeronautics was accused of allowing one of its drones to be tested against Armenian forces during a demonstration in Azerbaijan, leading to a temporary suspension of its export licence by the Israeli Ministry of Defence.