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Research edition · 2026-11-01

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Hermes 900 · Elbit Hermes 900

Elbit’s medium-altitude, long-endurance surveillance aircraft has national and mission-specific configurations. The current manufacturer page provides headline performance, while Switzerland’s independent procurement audit documents a Hermes 900 HFE system package. Neither source establishes a universal per-aircraft price.[1][2]

Archived research edition. Archive statistics and new dossiers are available on the current profile.

Current profile ↗

No scaled drawing is provided for this configuration. See the sourced dimensions and their limitations.

Side view · schematic
Top-view bounding dimensions share one metre scale. Internal contours and side profiles are schematic; height is not inferred. Ranges show their largest outline and retain their labels.

The numbers, with their sources

Intervals preserve the published bounds; they are not statistical confidence intervals. A blank lower or upper bound stays open. Values belong to the named configuration, not every aircraft.

Published flight range

Unknown in reviewed sources

Take-off mass

1180 kg[1]Hermes 900 · current Elbit product page · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-01
Manufacturer claim

Payload

≤ 350 kg[1]Hermes 900 · current Elbit product page · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-01
Published upper limit

Body length

Unknown in reviewed sources

Wingspan

Unknown in reviewed sources

Endurance

≤ 36 h[1]Hermes 900 · current Elbit product page · Publication year unknown · consulted 2026-11-01
Published upper limit

Family & configurations

Elbit Hermes 900

No sourced family relationship recorded in this edition. Similar roles do not establish a common design.

What does it cost?

Published USD figures use different price bases and years. Airframes, export packages and support are not equivalent. These are not current offers or verified production costs.

Unknown in reviewed sources

Source notebook

  1. Elbit Systems · Hermes 900: current manufacturer specification

    Publication date not stated · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Manufacturer claim

  2. Swiss Federal Audit Office · ADS 15 procurement audit: Hermes 900 HFE system scope

    2019-09-30 · Source consulted: 2026-11-01 · Official report; not an independent test

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