IAI Ghost

The IAI Ghost is a reconnaissance mini unmanned air vehicle developed in Israel by Israel Aircraft Industries, and the second tandem-rotor UAV the company produced after the IAI Panther. In appearance it resembles a miniature Chinook helicopter. It was developed to support missions in urban warfare, and the whole system can be carried in two backpacks and assembled quickly. It has low acoustic noise, silent electric propulsion and automatic vertical take-off and landing, which suits it to densely built-up areas. Its main purpose is intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, including silent observation, stakeout and covert special operations. The published figures give a length of 1.45 metres, a maximum take-off weight of 4 kilograms, a top speed of about 65 kilometres per hour, a range of 4 kilometres and an endurance of 30 minutes.