Aeronautics Defense Dominator

"Dominator UAV" redirects here. For the American Boeing UAV, see Persistent Munition Technology Demonstrator.

Dominator
General information
Type	Reconnaissance UAV
National origin	Israel
Manufacturer	Aeronautics Defense Systems
History
Developed from	Diamond DA42 Twin Star

The Aeronautics Defense Dominator is an Israeli Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufactured by Aeronautics Defense Systems. ^[1] It is based on the Austrian Diamond DA42 Twin Star passenger aircraft. Dominator UAV executes intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.

Operational history

The aircraft made its first test flight in July 2009. ^[2] The unmanned aircraft has an endurance of 28 hours with a 900 lb (410 kg) payload and flies at 75-190 knots (140–350 km/h) to a maximum altitude of 30,000 ft (9,100 m). ^{[3] [4]}

Operators

•   Mexico — 2 Dominator XPs ^{[5] [6]}
•   Thailand - Ordered in August 2018. ^[7] Locally designated B.T.3 (Thai : บ.ต.๓). ^[8]
•   Turkey - 1 Dominator 2, being used to monitor borders. ^[9]

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: None
• Length: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 13.42 m (44 ft 0 in)
• Gross weight: 1,200 kg (2,640 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Thielert diesel engines , 101 kW (135 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 354 km/h (219 mph, 190 kn)
• Service ceiling: 9,100 m (30,000 ft)

See also

• Joint Direct Attack Munition
• List of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• Unmanned combat air vehicle

Related development

• Diamond DA42 Twin Star

References

1. Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
2. "Dominator II - an Unmanned DA-42 Performs First Flight". Defense Update. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
3. Niles, Russ (August 2009). "DA42-Based UAV Tested" . Retrieved 2009-08-13.
4. "Aeronautics Defense Systems successfully tested unmanned Diamond DA42". Defense Professionals. July 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
5. Unmanned Dominator XP makes Mexican debut. 30 September 2015.
6. Egozi, Arie (26 February 2014). "Mexico signs for unmanned Dominators". Flightglobal. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
7. "THAIDEFENSE-NEWS: Aeronautics Wins $27m Thailand UAV Deal". August 2018.
8. "Thai Military Aircraft Designations". designation-systems.net. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
9. Aeronautics planned second manned/unmanned conversion. Flightglobal. (13 October 2010)

External links

• Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd.
• Israeli Weapons