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Compare the evidence.

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

Orbiter 4 / VTOL

Tactical surveillance family with separately stated conventional and VTOL endurance.

Country / region
Israel
Programme status
Supplier-reported status
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
Supplier-reported statusSupplier-reported status
Primary domain
Air
System type
Reconnaissance aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Aeronautics
Origin / production countries
Israel
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Conventional launcher/parachute; VTOL kit
Operators / programme customers
Not identified in reviewed sources

Evidence & current status

Supplier information is attributed; performance and operational acceptance require configuration-specific evidence.

Role & capabilities

  • Reconnaissance

Specifications in context

Airframe
Fixed wing with optional VTOL kit

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Launch / recovery
Launcher/parachute or VTOL kit

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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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
5.2 m span; 2.2 m length

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Mass
55 kg maximum take-off

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Endurance
Up to 24 h conventional; 12 h with VTOL kit

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Range
150 km line-of-sight datalink; BLOS option

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Speed
70 knots maximum

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Altitude
Conventional page: 18,000 ft; VTOL page: 11,000 ft

Current configuration pages differ; combined brochure ceiling should not be applied unconditionally to VTOL.

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Payload
Up to 12 kg

Current supplier configuration; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Sensors
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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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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