'''EMT Aladin''' (German: '''''A'''bbildende '''L'''uftgestützte '''A'''ufklärungs'''d'''rohne '''i'''m '''N'''ächstbereich'', airborne reconnaissance drone for close area imaging) is a small, man-portable light reconnaissance miniature unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) employed by the Bundeswehr (German Army). [[Image:AladinDrohne.jpg|thumb|250px|An Aladin UAV of the German Army]] The UAV can be radio-controlled via a portable control station, or fly according to previously set GPS coordinates. It features a day and night camera and video-relay. It can be transported in two suitcases, which contain the disassembled drone, and a backpack with the control station. The aircraft can be assembled and disassembled without tools in the field within five minutes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=EMT Aladin Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |url=https://www.army-technology.com/projects/emt-aladin-uav/ |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=Army Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>
The aircraft can be launched by hand or with a bungee catapult.<ref name=":0" />
This UAV is used by the German Army in the northern part of Afghanistan. In May 2006, The Netherlands bought 10 Aladins for use in southern Afghanistan (Uruzgan),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nick-lipscombe.net/Papers/Allied%20Victory%20French%20Failure.pdf|title=The British Army Review Number 148}}</ref> though in 2008 the Dutch program procured 24 systems of the AeroVironment Raven B.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
Also Fennek reconnaissance vehicles of the German Army are equipped with Aladin UAVs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fennek 4x4 Lightly Armored Wheeled Vehicle |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/fennek.htm |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref>
==Specifications==
===Air vehicle=== Sources:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-20 |title=EMT ALADIN UAV - War Wings Daily |url=https://warwingsdaily.com/drones-uavs-ucavs/emt-aladin-uav/ |access-date=2025-10-10 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Drohne ALADIN (Bw) |url=https://www.panzerbaer.de/helper/iA/bw_drohne_aladin-a.htm |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=www.panzerbaer.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/resource/blob/405916/WD-8-007-14-pdf.pdf|title=Wissenschaftliche Dienste - Unbemannte Drohnen und Beobachtungssatelliten Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten der technologischen Leistungsprofile in der zivilen und militärischen Anwendung}}</ref> * Wingspan: 1.46 m * Length: 1.53 m * Height: 0.36 m (including antenna) * Mass: 3.20 kg * Allowed windspeeds: 8 m/s for launch and landing, 10 m/s in flight * Propulsion: brushless DC electric motor, 12 V * Battery: lithium ion polymer battery, 14 V, 9 A·h * Speed: 45–90 km/h * Range: more than 15 km * Endurance: 30-60 min * Altitude: Minimum 30 m above ground, typical 100 – 300 m, ceiling 4.500 m density altitude (ISA)
===Ground control station=== Source:<ref name=":1" /> * Weight: 17 kg * Uplink: UHF Band * Downlink: C Band
== Gallery == <gallery> Image:UAV ALADIN 1.jpg|Tactical Data of UAV ALADIN (Germany) on TechDemo'08, 2008 Image:UAV ALADIN 2.jpg|UAV ALADIN (Germany) on TechDemo'08, 2008 </gallery>
== References == <references />
Category:Unmanned military aircraft of Germany
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