Skylark II Israeli Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

The Skylark II was unveiled in 2006. It has a range of 60 km and is designed to be operated by a two-person crew and to be deployed using HMMWV class field vehicles. In December 2007, South Korea decided to purchase the Skylark II system. Israel planned to bring the Skylark II into service by mid-2013. Skylark II is designed to support brigades and divisions. The guidance system is a Starlink air terminal with secure digital data links, redundant avionics, and autonomous flight modes. They are interoperable with other Skylarks with real-time video transfer rate of 1.5 mb per second, encrypted UHF uplink, D/E band downlink. Uses a triple sensor payload that provides high definition optical, thermal imager, and laser capabilities.