It is intended for close reconnaissance (over the hill, up to 65 kilometres (40 mi) away), transmitting live video data (visual or infrared) or taking higher resolution still images, but it can also perform other tasks such as particle sampling, ESM/Electronic countermeasures (radio/radar jamming), depending on its payload.
The UAV is launched with a simple bungee catapult and then follows a preprogrammed course, that can be altered in flight if necessary. After its mission it automatically lands with the help of a parachute and impact dampers.
Luna X UAVs are in use by German KFOR forces since 2000 and are also used by German troops in Afghanistan.
In mid-2009 the German Army ordered another 4 systems with a total of 40 UAVs.
The Pakistan Navy signed a contract on the 27 June 2012 with EMT for purchase of LUNA UAV Systems.[1]
Houthi fighters reportedly shot down a Luna drone in Yemen around February 12, 2019.[2]
In 2019 the German Army began the replacement of Luna and Rheinmetall KZO with the new Luna NG, which has much increased capabilities.
In April 2023, Rheinmetall unveiled plans to develop a drone carrier based on the Luna NG that acts as a mothership to carry and deploy up to eight rotary wingloitering munitions in order to deliver them beyond ranges they would be capable of traveling themselves.[3]
^Binnie, Jeremy (February 14, 2019). . Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 2019-02-15. The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) released a video on 12 February showing a Luna unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that it said was shot down near the Saudi border.
^Rheinmetall pitches unmanned mothership full of tiny attack drones. Defense News. 4 May 2023.
^Luna: Technical Specifications 01.2010 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, downloaded 2010-04-14
External links
Luna UAV System 2011-12-15 at the Wayback Machine @ EMT (manufacturer)
(in German) @ deutschesheer.de (Official homepage of the German Army)
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