The Seeker 200, one of the newer additions to the line (currently being marketed by Denel), is based in the Seeker II platform and sports a new lower-maintenance engine. It showcases day-night real time reconnaissance capabilities and can search, track, and laser-designate targets from the air as needed. The design is made more modular to better fill various roles in-the-field and the complete Denel system comprises up to six total Seeker 200 UAVs, a Tactical Ground Station (TGS) and all necessary support equipment. The Seeker 200 has a range out to 250 kilometers (through line-of-sight control, range-passing control otherwise) with a back up data link for increased in-air reliability. It can fly up to 18,000 feet within a mission endurance window of 10 hours and holds a payload of up to 40 kilograms (including ELINT - ELectronic INTelligence - packages).
The Seeker 400 follows the Seeker 200 as an offshoot of the Seeker II product and is also currently marketed by Denel. The mission payload has been increased to 100 kilograms and endurance is now out to 16 hours at altitudes reaching up to 18,000 feet. An autonomous flight capability is there alongside the manual pilot function and it is possible to air-transport this variant in the belly of two Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft (or similar).
At least ten Seeker II models were delivered to the Algerian Air Force at the end of the 1990s. Eleven were shipped to the UAE for its Air Force from 1996 to 2010.
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