ASN - 209 The ASN - 209 which is called Silver Eagle is a multi - purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle which is one of Chinese ASN series of UAVs developed by ASN Technology Group and designed for Medium Altitude Medium Endurance ( MAME ) tactical missions . Design . ASN - 209 Tactical UAV System is composed of Aircraft Platform , Avionics , Airborne Mission Payload , Data Link , Ground Control Station and Launch and Recovery Equipment , ASN - 209 UAV can perform aerial reconnaissance , battle field survey , target location , destroy validation and artillery fire adjustment in day and night in real time . ASN - 209 uses digital flight control and navigation system , its flight control mode has manual , program and emergency control . In addition , ASN - 209 uses rocket booster launch , parachute recovery which render the operating system of ASN - 209 flexible due to the fact that no contact with an airport is needed , and the GCS allows multitasking and can be edited in real - time . In civil application , it can be fitted with Synthetic Aperture Radar ( SAR ) , electro - optical payload , and multi - function payload , etc . that can be applied for forest fire prevention , anti - drug action , communication , nature disaster forecast , ground observation , atmosphere measuring , aviation photo , resource detection , climate observation and artificial raining , etc . In military operation , it can be with multiple operational configurations for Ground Moving Target Indication ( GMTI ) , Electronic Intelligence ( ELINT ) , Electronic Warfare ( EW ) , Ground Target Designation ( GTD ) and Communication Relay . ASN - 209 uses twin - boom pusher layout , rear installed engine disposition with high - set wings and a stabilizer linking the twin fins . Excellent overall aerodynamic design and EMC design enable the system to install many different kinds of airborne equipment , such as Electronic countermeasures ( ECM ) , communication relay and weather detection . With a coverage radius is 200 km and endurance of 10 hours , ASN - 209 UAV System can supervise big area and frontier within one sortie . In order to overcome with refueling issue , using two UAVs and switching them out when one reaches its 10 hour limit so that they can be used for 24 hours consecutively . The practicality of the ASN - 209 system reduces the needs for maintenance or parts from China , as ASN - 209 can be deployed using a modified truck and is controlled using electronics equipment installed in a cargo van , which in turn overcomes the disadvantage of comparable US UAVs that depend on US parts and maintenance . Development . The ASN - 209 was developed on 2011 by ASN Technology Group , which is a Chinese company specialized in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ( UAV ) . Egypt and China had signed an agreement to build twelve ASN - 209 UAVs including technology transfer in order to enhance Egypt ' s domestic drone industry . In addition , China uses fewer proprietary technologies in their designs in order to reduces licensing and manufacturing costs as the ASN - 209 system costs 30 percent less than comparable US design while providing many of the same performance and most of the same tasks . On May 2012 six Egyptian drones of ASN - 209 was built in collaboration with a foreign defence manufacturer during the first phase and are fully operational under the Egyptian armed forces according to Hamdy Weheba , the Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization which he claimed that Egypt has started the production of the ASN - 209 Multi - purpose UAV System and about 99 . 5 % of the components are locally manufactured . He also claimed that with the latest manufacturing venture , Egypt is entering into the second phase of mass ASN - 209 production .