OVERVIEW: The Hermes 900 aka Star is a medium-size, multi-payload, medium-altitude, long-endurance, all weather,  unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed for tactical missions. It is a successor to the Hermes 450 series of drones, 

DETAILS:  The Hermes 900 has a primary mission of reconnaissance, surveillance and communications relay.   Payload options include electro-optical/infrared sensors, communications and electronic intelligence, synthetic-aperture radar/ground-moving target indication, electronic warfare, and hyperspectral sensors.  Its long endurance provides a persistent mission capability.

The information collected on a mission is transmitted via LOS datalink or a beyond line of sight (BLOS) satellite datalink to the ground station (GCS) for processing and interpretation by the ground element, and rapidly processed through existing intelligence and communications to the users.  The unit can execute two concurrent missions from the same GCS.
 

Specifications:
 
Weight: 		  1100 kg 
Length: 		  8.3 m 
Wingspan: 		  15.0 m 
Speed:			  120 knts; 220 km/h
Range/Endurance:	  2200 nm mission radius; 36 hours
Service ceiling:	  30,000 feet	  
Payload			  350 kg

NOTES: IOC: 2012.  

SOURCES: "Elbit Hermes 900 (Kochav) Medium Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)." Military Factory - Global Defense Reference. Accessed December 7, 2020. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=1236 ; "Hermes 900 MALE Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) - Airforce Technology." Air Force Technology | Air Defence News & Views Updated Daily. Last modified January 11, 2010. https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/hermes-900/ ; "Hermes 900." Israeli Weapons Ltd. Accessed December 7, 2020. https://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/uav/hermes_900/Hermes_900.html.