The Black Eagle Drone By Anak Bangsa Will Fly In January 2021

JAKARTA - Indonesia will soon operate its Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drone, named Elang Hitam. The plan is that the Black Eagle will start flying and airing in January 2021.

Launching from Antara, Minister of Research and Technology (Menristek) Bambang PS Brodjonegoro said the Elang Hitam drone had received a Type Certificate from the Indonesia Military Airworthiness Authority (IMAA). So that the sophisticated drones made by the nation's children can immediately take off.

"The results of the development will be produced by PT DI (Dirgantara Indonesia) with a target flight or first flight in January 2021," said Bambang at the 25th Anniversary of National Technology Awakening Day (Hakteknas), Monday 10 August.

Bambang, who is also the head of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), explained that the Black Eagle is the result of the collaboration of the nation's children with the formation of a consortium between the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), the Ministry of Defense, the Indonesian Air Force, ITB, PT Dirgantara Indonesia, and PT LEN Persero. .

As a MALE unmanned aircraft (PUNA), the Black Eagle can fly for 24 hours and functions in the maritime defense system as sensing, monitoring, surveillance, reconnaissance and intelligence (P4I), as well as action against maritime threats.

The drone / Nir Awak Aircraft (PUNA) type Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE), the BPPT innovation and local consortium, has been witnessed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia @jokowi and is expected to be able to be produced by the national industry. # BPPTJagoanInovasi pic.twitter.com/ ulAkUznDgY

- #BanggaInovasiIndonesia (@BPPT_RI) August 9, 2020

The development of this drone has been carried out since 2015 by Balitbang Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan). Regarding the specifications, the Elang Hitam drone has an operational radius of 250 km and a cruising altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 meters with a maximum speed of 235 kilometers per hour.

The Black Eagle is able to fly with a maximum altitude of 7200 meters and is able to continue flying non-stop for up to 30 hours. The drone can take off with a 700 meter long runway and can land on a 500 meter long runway.

Has dimensions of 8.3 meters long, 1.02 meters high with a wingspan of 16 meters. This drone is equipped with a 4-stroke engine with 110 to 150 horsepower and two propellers. The black eagle also has an empty weight of 575 kg and a payload capacity of up to 300 kilograms.