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Russia, Israel in UAV Talks
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20120613/174004697.htmlRussia and Israel are negotiating a joint project to build an unmanned aerial vehicle, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday.
“We are negotiating with Israel. Our aim is to persuade them to start technological cooperation and to develop a product that will be used in both countries, and could also be sold to third countries,” Rogozin said in an interview with the Rossia-24 TV channel.
Russia will no longer buy ready-made weapon systems in the West but is only interested in new technology, said Rogozin, who is responsible for Russia's military-industrial complex.
“Technology should be attracted by localizing production on Russian territory,” Rogozin noted.
In mid-May a source in the Russian defense industry said Moscow may buy a large new consignment of unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel and 24 command and control systems worth around $50 million in the foreseeable future.
Israel Aerospace Industries previously delivered to Russia two Bird Eye-400, eight I-View Mk150 and two Searcher Mk.2 UAVs, totaling $53 million.
“The Defense Ministry is considering the possibility of purchasing from the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems of three types of UAV control systems (eight each): Orbiter 2, Aerostar и Skystar,” the source said.
Given that each such system can service two to three UAVs, “between 48 and 72 Israeli UAVs may be bought,” he said, adding that the consensus within the Russian defense department seems to be that these systems are essential until the domestic industry develops and starts large scale manufacturing of similar systems at home.
Several threads about this topic already and they tend to turn into a sh*tstorm in no time...
hehe, maybe. Or maybe this time the usual suspects have matured enough to discuss this topic without the nationalistic dribble.
One can only hope...
I think we've seen some good advances in UAV tech from Russian companies in the years after the first purchase from Israel. Certainly the smaller companies have really started to make an impact on local law enforcement and border guards.
I think the success of this plan will rely on what companies cooperate and how the technology is shared.
I'm pretty optimistic for our UAV program, we already have a good amount of small, lightweight "observer class" UAVs and we're slowly working up towards greater strike capability with larger ones.
Well looks like Israel is slowly raking in the money from these deals. First one small order, than another, and now a joint-venture. It adds up in the end - wasn't just them selling the blueprints as a one-off in exchange for a few political benefits.
ADS Aerostar, pretty similar to IAI Searcher. Nothing really astonishing.
Not worth a new thread, merge with the gazillion other threads already out there.
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