page_title: Elbit Hermes 450
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Elbit Hermes 450 / Operators
caption_attribution_description: English: Map with Hermes 450 operators in blue and former operators in red
context_page_description: The Elbit Hermes 450 is an Israeli medium-sized multi-payload unmanned aerial vehicle designed for tactical long endurance missions. It has an endurance of over 20 hours, with a primary mission of reconnaissance, surveillance and communications relay. Payload options include electro-optical/infrared sensors, communications and electronic intelligence, synthetic-aperture radar/ground-moving target indication, electronic warfare, and hyperspectral sensors.
context_section_description:  Azerbaijan 
  10 Hermes 450 UAVs were purchased in 2008. On September 12, 2011, a UAV was reportedly shot down by the ARDA over the airspace of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh. Preliminary investigations carried out by the ARDA have determined the model to be a Hermes 450 type.
   Botswana 
   Brazil
  The Brazilian Air Force has, since December 2009 a unit under lease for 1 year of testing and evaluations in conjunction with the Brazilian Army and Brazilian Navy; there are plans to buy two more. The Brazilian Air Force operated two in 2011, with two more delivered in February 2013.
   Colombia
  In August 2012, Elbit won a multimillion-dollar contract to supply a mixed fleet of Hermes 900 and 450 unmanned air systems to Colombia. In July 2013, the Colombian Air Force confirmed they have one Hermes 450 on order, to be accepted in the coming months.
   Georgia
  Hermes 450 have also been used by Georgia for reconnaissance over its disputed Abkhazia territory, where some were shot down.
   Israel
  The Israeli Air Force, which operates a Hermes 450 squadron out of Palmachim Airbase south of Tel Aviv, has adapted the Hermes 450 for use as an assault UAV, reportedly equipping it with two Hellfire missiles or, according to various sources, two Rafael-made missiles. According to Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese and independent reports, the Israeli assault UAV has seen extensive service in the Gaza Strip and was used intensively in the Second Lebanon War as well as in the 2009 Sudan air raids. Israel has not denied this capability, but to date, its policy has been not to officially confirm it either.
   North Macedonia
  The North Macedonian Air Force operates Hermes 450 systems 
   Mexico
  The Mexican Air Force acquired the Hermes 450 system in 2009.
   Philippines
  Philippine Air Force The Philippines' Department of National Defense (DND) has contracted 13 UAV from Elbit Systems of Israel — Four Hermes 450 and nine units of Hermes 900 under an P8 billion project. Acquired as part of Second Horizon of AFP Modernization Program. To be operated by the 300th Air Intelligence and Security Wing.
  Philippine Army Elbit Systems confirmed in their page that they were awarded a US$153 million contract to supply a networked multi-array unmanned aerial system array to a Southeast Asian army. According to Maxdefense, that country is the Philippines and is a part of the C41STAR Unmanned Aerial Systems Project of the Philippine Army. The acquisition includes Elbit Thor Multirotor VTOL Mini UAS (Level 1), Elbit Skylark 1-LEX Mini UAS (Level 1), Elbit Skylark 3 Tactical Small UAS (Level 2), and Elbit Hermes 450 Tactical Long Endurance UAS (Level 3).
   Singapore
  The Singapore Ministry of Defence announced that the Republic of Singapore Air Force is adding the Hermes 450 to its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle fleet, as part of the Air Force's new UAV command.
   Thailand
  The Royal Thai Army has taken delivery of four Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, The UAVs are operated by the 21st Aviation Battalion at the Army Aviation Centre at Lopburi.
   United States
  Hermes 450s are operated by the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Test and Evaluation Program at the Naval Air Station Fallon, and two Hermes 450s were tested by the U.S. Border Patrol in 2004.
   Zambia
  At least one Hermes 450 was spotted in Zambian Air Force service in September 2018.
caption: Map with Hermes 450 operators in blue and former operators in red
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