The LAPAN LSU-02 (LAPAN Surveillance UAV-02) is an
unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controlle ...
(UAV) developed by the
Lembaga Penelitian dan Penerbangan Nasional (LAPAN) of
Indonesia
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. It was developed in 2012 for both civilian and military purposes. The Indonesian military classifies it as a tactical UAV because of its ability to fly over long ranges (300 km, theoretically 450 km) for its size. It broke an Indonesian record for longest ranged UAV built locally.
Operational history
The LSU-02 was used in the 2013
Indonesian Army
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joint exercise in the
Java Sea, launched from the helicopter deck of
KRI Diponegoro 365
KRI ''Diponegoro'' (365) is a ''Diponegoro''-class corvette of the Indonesian Navy.
Development
The ''Diponegoro''-class guided-missile corvettes of the Indonesian Navy are SIGMA 9113 types of the Netherlands-designed Sigma family of mod ...
. The mission was to provide target surveillance for an
Exocet MM40
The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Etymology
The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical director ...
missile. The aircraft can loiter autonomously near its target, with average speed of 70 km/h. In this exercise, the UAV flew for 2 hours and 45 minutes, covering about 200 km.
In 2016, an LSU-02 was used to photograph 300 km of the coastline south of Java Island, as part of a data collection project to update mapping of the territorial coastline of Indonesia. The LSU-02 photographed Java's southern coastline, starting from Parangtritis, Yogyakarta, to Popoh Beach, Trenggalek, East Java. Photographing continued on Pacitan beach, East Java on its 100 km coastline.
Specifications (LSU-02)
See also
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Lapan LSU-03
References
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External links
Official website archiveon
archive.org
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Unmanned aerial vehicles of Indonesia
Single-engined pusher aircraft