IAI Rotem L
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IsraelManufacturer: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
'Pocket' loitering quadcopter for infantry: two-soldier backpack carry, vertical take-off, ISR plus strike with interchangeable grenades.
'Pocket' loitering quadcopter for infantry: two-soldier backpack carry, vertical take-off, ISR plus strike with interchangeable grenades.
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Identity
- Designation
- IAI Rotem L
- Manufacturer
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
- Country
- Israel
- Year
- 2016
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Micro (< 250 g)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 10 km
- Endurance
- 45 min
- Top speed
- 70 km/h
- Propulsion
- Elettrico — quadricottero
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 6.5 kg
- Payload
- 1.2 kg
- Weapons
- 1-2 granate / testata HE intercambiabile
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR giorno-notte HD
- Datalink / control
- Datalink LOS digitale
- Launch
- Manuale (decollo verticale)
- Recovery
- Verticale (abort) o impatto
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History
The Rotem L is the armed version of the Rotem ISR, developed around 2014. It combines close reconnaissance and precision attack with a swappable warhead and can be recovered if the mission is aborted.
The Rotem L was inspired by DJI's commercial micro-drone family and represented IAI's first attempt to bring into the military catalogue a platform with the portability and usability of consumer multirotors, at military reliability standards.
The IDF has fielded the Rotem L with the Egoz and Maglan Special Forces units for urban reconnaissance and precision strikes against individual hostile operators, particularly during clearing operations in the West Bank.
The system can be assembled and launched in under 60 seconds and offers abort capability until the very last second of the attack — a feature that makes it especially well-suited to urban environments with high civilian-casualty risk and restrictive rules of engagement.