Israel Aerospace signs $600 million drone deal with Airbus for Germany

[dani191]

Israel Aerospace signs $600 million drone deal with Airbus for Germany

Reuters Staff

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) [ISRAI.UL] said on Thursday it signed a $600 million deal with Airbus (AIR.PA) to lease Heron TP drones to Germany’s Defense Ministry.


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IAI’s Heron TP is a high altitude, long endurance drone with multiple-payload capabilities. Airbus will manage all aspects of the nine-year agreement, including operational support and maintenance, state-owned IAI said in a statement.



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Germany’s parliamentary budget committee this week backed plans by the military to lease the Israeli-built surveillance drones, according to committee sources.


The deal had run into resistance last year within Germany’s coalition government because the drones could be armed in the future. The German military currently uses a different model of Heron drones that cannot be armed.

The leasing program is intended as a temporary solution until a European drone is ready for use around 2025.

Shaul Shahar, general manager of IAI’s military aircraft group, said the Heron TP “will provide Germany with unprecedented air superiority”.
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-...ne-deal-with-airbus-for-germany-idUSKBN1JA0N3

 

[Malik Alashter]

But what would Germany use drones that valued at 600 million US dollars?

Germany surrounded by NATO countries plus it has no military presence anywhere out of Germany except few expeditionary troops in Afghanistan?

 

[dani191]

But what would Germany use drones that valued at 600 million US dollars?

Germany surrounded by NATO countries plus it has no military presence anywhere out of Germany except few expeditionary troops in Afghanistan?

i think in mali

 

[Malik Alashter]

i think in mali

lool you for real in Mali I thought France busy their

 

[dani191]

lool you for real in Mali I thought France busy their

i dont care what they will do with this

 

[Malik Alashter]

i dont care what they will do with this

You right I just wonder

 

[dani191]

You right I just wonder

im not sure about the money our prime misinter say it bilion euro and some places i see bilion euro

 

[Natan]

But what would Germany use drones that valued at 600 million US dollars?

Germany surrounded by NATO countries plus it has no military presence anywhere out of Germany except few expeditionary troops in Afghanistan?

These drones are going to be stationed in the ME, and support whatever Bundeswehr operations in this part of the world. They can take-off here, fly to Afghanistan, strike some targets, and return.

 

[Malik Alashter]

These drones are going to be stationed in the ME, and support whatever Bundeswehr operations in this part of the world. They can take-off here, fly to Afghanistan, strike some targets, and return.

I don't think so the Germans wouldn't have bloody raids against no one
It's against their policy.

 

[Natan]

I don't think so the Germans wouldn't have bloody raids against no one
It's against their policy.

Well, until they change their policy these drones can be used for unarmed surveillance and support ground troops with visual.

 

[Malik Alashter]

Well, until they change their policy these drones can be used for unarmed surveillance and support ground troops with visual.

Well they can use them for what ever they want I was wondering

 

[dani191]

Brief

Germany Approves Billion Euro Lease of Israeli Drones
The drones— which are unarmed due to intra-parliamentary opposition—are manufactured by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries
CTech10:1614.06.18
On Wednesday, the German parliament approved a deal worth over a billion euros to lease surveillance drones from Israel. The drones— which are unarmed due to intra-parliamentary opposition—are manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries, a state-owned aerospace and defense technologies developer. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the deal is a huge boon to Israel’s defense industry, and a mark of the strategic partnership between Israel and Germany.

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3740266,00.html

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

What kind of drones? AFAIK Germany uses RQ-4 which is like the best in the world.

 

[dani191]

What kind of drones? AFAIK Germany uses RQ-4 which is like the best in the world.

heron tp

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

heron tp

Seems like RQ-4 is more capable no?