Civilian Focus For Dominator II UAV

The Dominator II (“Oz”), developed by Israel-based Aeronautics, is the world’s first UAV based on a certified civilian aircraft.

The Dominator II is based on the manned DA-42 aircraft manufactured by Austrian Diamond Aircraft, and which has logged over 360,000 flight hours and is a fully certified all-weather civilian aircraft. Over 640 manned units of this type have been produced since 2005. The Dominator II is the world’s first UAV based on a manned aircraft with full civilian certification. If until now the global UAV market focused predominantly on the defense sector, the Dominator II is the first UAV also designed for the civilian market. The fact that the UAV is based on an existing platform with many hours of accumulated operating experience lends the Dominator II high credibility and efficiency, and actually paves the way for UAVs to enter the civilian market, which to date has abstained from operating UAVs, as they have lacked civilian aircraft certification for these systems.