It featured a data-link system and miniaturized electronics that fed live and high-resolution video coverage of the targeted area to operators.

[1] The combination of its long flight endurance of over seven hours and real-time video streaming gave Israeli forces unprecedented depth of coverage, speed of information delivery and on-station surveillance time.

As a result of the 1973 Yom Kippur War the Israeli Defence Forces came with an operational requirement to give the field commanders the ability to look "over the hill".

The first operational requirements called for a vehicle that would be able to carry a 10 kilograms (22 lb) payload to ranges of 30 to 50 kilometres (19 to 31 mi).

[2] Israel Army Republic of Singapore Air Force United States Navy General characteristics Performance