UVision HERO Family
Modular family of loitering munitions with cruciform canard configuration: from the portable micro HERO-30 (3 kg) to the anti-armor HERO-1250 with 200 km range.
UVision HERO Family
Modular family of loitering munitions with cruciform canard configuration: from the portable micro HERO-30 (3 kg) to the anti-armor HERO-1250 with 200 km range.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- UVision HERO Family
- Alias
- HERO-30 / HERO-120 / HERO-400EC / HERO-900 / HERO-1250
- Manufacturer
- UVision Air Ltd.
- Country
- Israel
- Year
- 2010
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Tactical (< 600 kg)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 200 km
- Endurance
- Da 30 min (HERO-30) a 10 h (HERO-1250)
- Top speed
- 185 km/h (cruise)
- Service ceiling
- 4,500 m
- Propulsion
- Elettrica (varianti leggere) / pistone (varianti pesanti), configurazione canard cruciforme
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 125 kg
- Payload
- 50 kg
- Hardpoints
- 0
- Weapons
- Testata HE/anti-corazza, 0.5 kg (HERO-30) – 30 kg (HERO-1250)
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- EO/IR gimbal stabilizzato, laser designator (varianti pesanti)
- Datalink / control
- LOS criptato, opzione SATCOM su HERO-900/1250
- Launch
- Tubo di lancio canister (terra, navale, veicolare, aereo)
- Recovery
- Impatto sul bersaglio o paracadute (abort)
Combat use
- ▸Middle East regional conflicts
- ▸Adopted by USMC (OPF-M, 2021)
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History
Developed by UVision from 2010, the HERO family was designed to deliver scalable precision-strike capability across echelons: from individual infantry (HERO-30) to brigade-level (HERO-1250).
In 2021 the USMC selected HERO-120 under the Organic Precision Fires – Mounted (OPF-M) program.
The UVision HERO family was developed with a uniquely modular approach in the loitering-munition market: five variants sharing the same software, control interface and cruciform canard configuration, scalable from 3 kg (HERO-30) to 125 kg (HERO-1250).
In 2021 the US Marine Corps selected the HERO-120 for the Organic Precision Fires-Mounted (OPF-M) program, awarding UVision and US partner Mistral Inc. a multi-million-dollar initial supply contract.
Several HERO variants have been acquired by Ukraine and used since 2023 against Russian armoured vehicles in the Donbas, confirming the loitering-munition concept's effectiveness even against state-of-the-art T-80 and T-90 main battle tanks.