Bental's MicroBAT Debuts on Oto Melara's Ibis a VTOL UAV

Bental continues to extend MicroBAT's versatility as it adds unmanned helicopter to its range of operational applications

(Israel, June 2, 2008) -- Bental Industries, Ltd., Israel's defense industry's leading motion systems supplier and its preferred source for specialized military and commercial applications, announces the addition of VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing ) - an unmanned helicopter - to the operational air and land platforms on which MicroBAT has successfully been integrated.

The successful integration of MicroBAT 275, Bental's smallest and most compact, stabilized payload system for mini and micro UAVs, was carried out on Oto Melara's and Celin Avio's Ibis unmanned helicopter. Oto Melara and Celin Avio have teamed to design and produce the VTOL Ibis, and will present it with MicroBAT installed at the Oto Melara Eurosatory booth in Paris next month.

Intended for integration on a variety of air, land, and sea platforms, MicroBAT is an operational system integrated on different types of air and land UAVs as well as on a variety of other platforms. Claimed the world's smallest and most compact stabilized payload system for mini and micro UAVs, the MicroBAT 275 meets the complex and evolving challenges of surveillance, reconnaissance, and observation missions. The MicroBAT family includes models for various platform sizes, and it is ideal for use in a wide range of small UAV applications which now include VTOL.

Discussing MicroBAT's recent integration, Michael Arnon, Bental's VP Marketing & Sales says, "With MicroBAT's growing integration success on different air and land platforms, this new application on Oto Melara's and Celin Avio's Ibis is another example of our system's inherent flexibility and of its ability to fit every type of existing and emerging UAV platform."

Source : Bental Industries

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