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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

Hermes 650 Spark

Tactical surveillance aircraft with documented customer testing and a separately proposed maritime operating concept.

Country / region
Israel
Programme status
Development / trials
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Development / trialsDevelopment / trials
Primary domain
Air
System type
Reconnaissance aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Elbit Systems
Origin / production countries
Israel
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Land-based aircraft programme; Maritime Apparatus — July 2026 integration concept
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Supplier reports customer testing; July 2026 ship concept does not establish operational maritime acceptance.

Role & capabilities

  • Reconnaissance

Specifications in context

Airframe
Fixed wing with front-mounted engine

Spark architecture.

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Launch / recovery
Short-runway take-off and landing

Aircraft feature; maritime deployment remains a concept.

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Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Endurance
Up to 24 hours

Supplier maximum.

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Range
300 km line-of-sight datalink; SATCOM option

Communications limits, not ferry range.

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Speed
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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Payload
260 kg useful-load allowance

Useful load is not assumed to be sensor payload excluding fuel.

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Sensors
EO/IR/SWIR, radar and electronic-intelligence options

Configuration-dependent.

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Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

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