IAI introduced the Minipop-D EO system in mid-August.
News release
http://www.iai.co.il/32981-39792-en/MediaRoom_News.aspx
Brochure
http://www.iai.co.il/sip_storage/files/8/36998.pdf
Primary benefits are
(i) it can be mounted on a variety of platforms including USV, UGV, ground vehicles as well as the usual UAVs.
(ii) it provides target designation for hellfires, LGBs and other laser guided munitions and range finding which the original mini-pop couldn't do previously.
A price of US$220k was published by IAI for its mini-pop system.
Just wanted to highlight that the pic of the UAV in the minipop-D brochure looks almost identical to ST aero/DSO collaboration's skyblade IV except for the location of the propellor (pic is confirmed as IAI's I-view not the skyblade :(.
http://www.staero.aero/downloads/uploadedfiles/STA001793_AT_STA_PlatformBrochure_skybladeIV_A4.pdf
The skyblade has a 12kg payload which is sufficient to carry the 7.7kg minipop-D. If used, that will expand the number of laser designators used by the SAF even further.
This coincides with a service entry date mentioned as part of Singapore airshow 2008 reports. The size of the Skyblade IV is 3 times smaller than the searcher II which makes it a harder target to spot whilst operating at altitudes beyond the range of handheld SAMs such as the FN-6.
Also posted in the milnuts forum.