__NOTOC__ The Altec MART (for ''Mini-Avion de Reconnaissance Télépiloté'' - "Remotely piloted reconnaissance mini-aeroplane") is a reconnaissance

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developed in

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during the 1980s. The Mark II version served with French forces in the

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. It has a simple conventional configuration like that of a large RC model. It is catapult-launched, carries an imaging system, and appears to be recovered by parachute.

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is now selling an improved version of the MART II, the S-MART. It is slightly heavier, has seven hours endurance, and can carry ELINT and jamming payloads.

Specifications (MART Mk II)

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References

''Jane's Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Targets''
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by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain. 1980s French military reconnaissance aircraft Unmanned military aircraft of France

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