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The Elbit Systems Hermes 450 is an Israeli medium size multi-payload unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed for tactical long endurance missions. It has an endurance of over 20 hours, with a primary mission of reconnaissance, surveillance and communications relay. ==Operators== ; 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=News.Az - List of ammunition purchased by Azerbaijan made public )〕 *10 Hermes 450 UAVs were purchased in 2008. On September 12, 2011, a UAV was reportedly shot down by the NKDA over the airspace of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.〔"(Azerbaijani Drone Reportedly Downed Over Nagorno-Karabakh )." ''RFE/RL''. September 14, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.〕 Preliminary investigations carried out by the NKDA have determined the model to be a Hermes 450 type.〔Mortimer, Gary. "(Armenian military shoot down Israeli made drone operated by Azerbaijani armed forces )." sUAS News. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2011.〕 ; 〔http://www.flightglobal.com/directory/detail.aspx?aircraftCategory=uav&manufacturerType=uav&navigationItemId=372&aircraftId=3483&manufacturer=21975&keyword=&searchMode=Manufacturer〕 ; *The Brazilian Air Force has, since December 2009 a unit under lease for 1 year of testing and evaluations in conjunction with the Brazilian Army and Brazilian Navy;〔http://odia.terra.com.br/portal/brasil/html/2010/5/fab_apresenta_primeiro_aviao_nao_tripulado_80134.html FAB apresenta primeiro avião não tripulado〕 there are plans to buy two more.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2010-12-19 )〕 The Brazilian Air Force operated two in 2011, with two more delivered in February 2013.〔(FAB Receives Two More Drones ) - Defense-Aerospace.com, February 18, 2013〕 ; *In August 2012, Elbit won a multi-million-dollar contract to supply a mixed fleet of Hermes 900 and 450 unmanned air systems to Colombia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elbit Systems sells Hermes UAVs to Colombia )〕 In July 2013, the Colombian Air Force confirmed they have one Hermes 450 on order, to be accepted in the coming months.〔(La Fuerza Aérea de Colombia confirma finalmente la recepción de los UAVs Hermes 900 y 450 de Elbit Systems ) - Infodefensa.com, 24 July 2013〕 ;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elbit Hermes 450 - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - History, Specs and Pictures - Military Aircraft )〕 *Two Hermes 450 were ordered by the Croatian military along with two smaller Skylark UAVs in late 2006, delivered in late 2007. ; * The Cyprus Air Forces operating one UAV Squadron (2 groups of UAVs). Reported to be procured no later than 2009. ; *Hermes 450 have also been used by Georgia for reconnaissance over its disputed Abkhazia territory, where some were shot down. ; *Ministry of Internal Affairs use Hermes 450 for reconnaissance missions ; *The Mexican Air Force acquired the Hermes 450 system in 2009.〔 〕 ; *The Singapore Ministry of Defence announced that the Republic of Singapore Air Force is adding the Hermes 450 to its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle fleet, as part of the Air Force's new UAV command.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hermes 450 )〕 ; *The Israeli Air Force, which operates a Hermes 450 squadron out of Palmachim Airbase south of Tel Aviv, has adapted the Hermes 450 for use as an assault UAV, reportedly equipping it with two Hellfire missiles or, according to various sources, two Rafael-made missiles. According to Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese and independent reports, the Israeli assault UAV has seen extensive service in the Gaza Strip and was used intensively in the Second Lebanon War as well as in the 2009 Sudan air raids. Israel has not denied this capability, but to date, its policy has been not to officially confirm it either. :In August 2014 Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced it had shot down an Israeli Hermes 450, which utilized radar-absorbent materials, heading toward the Natanz nuclear facility; releasing video of the wreckage. ; *Hermes 450s are operated by the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Test and Evaluation Program at the Naval Air Station Fallon,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=United Kingdom )〕 and two Hermes 450s were tested by the U.S. Border Patrol in 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elbit Hermes 450」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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