The Casper 250/SOFAR is a civilian-developed "back pack" UAV made in co-operation by Top I Vision Ltd and WB Electronics Sp. z o.o. Both of these companies produce the aircraft on the same rights - WB Electronics in Poland as WB Electronics SOFAR and Top I Vision in Israel as Casper 250. It is designed as a reconnaissance

Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....

platform with real-time data acquisition. The Casper 250 system consists of the aircraft, its payload, the ground controlling and data-link components.

The Casper 250 was designed for quick deployment and simple human-machine interface.

Applications

Typical military missions:

• Battlefield surveillance
• Target acquisition and designation
• Battlefield monitoring
• Air strike control
• Border patrol
• Coast guard surveillance
• Damage assessment

The Casper 250 system can also be used for civilian or commercial application such as:

• Pollution control at ground sea and air
• Natural disasters monitoring
• Forest fire monitoring and control
  • Fishery and navigation control
• General installations security
• Gas pipelines and Oil rigs security

Capabilities

• Electric propulsion, providing for quiet, covert operation
• Hand launched, self recovery, man-deployable
• GPS navigation allows for fully autonomous missions
• Service ceiling: 2000 feet
• Operational Endurance 1.5 hours
• Line of Sight data-link range > 10 km
• Real time IMINT
• Payload Control