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Bateleur MALE UAV

Country of Origin: South Africa

The Bateleur (an African eagle) medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was designed to cover South Africa's vast search-and-rescue responsibility of approximately 5 million square miles. South Africa has a 200-nm exclusive economic zone along its 1,860 mi (3,000 km) of coastline.

For long-range operations, Denel's existing ground control station (used for the Seeker 2 UAV, see separate record), plus a tactical ground station, provided line-of-sight...

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