Israel’s Heron UAV landed at an international airport and integrate into the airspace alongside commercial flights

by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Heron became the first UAV to land in an international airport alongside commercial flights occupying civilian air space. The entire take-off, flight, and landing were operated from the Ein Shemer control station.

The landing demonstrates UAVs capability to take off and land automatically on long-haul routes using satellite communications technology along with take-off and automatic landing capability.