Energy News  
Israeli Elbit To Build Drones In Poland

Skylark UAV.
by Staff Writers
Warsaw (AFP) Sep 05, 2006
Israel's Elbit Systems has reached an agreement with two Polish companies to build unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in Poland, for use by the emergency services, Polish defence equipment manufacturer Bumar said Tuesday.

The aircraft, also known as drones, will be built under the terms of an agreeement signed between Bumar and the RADWAR Scientific-Industrial Centre of Porfessional Electronics.

"This is a cooperation agreement covering production of drones in Poland under licence to Elbit," Bumar said in a statement.

"The aircraft produced in Poland will be earmarked for the Polish army, police, border police and fire brigade," the statement said.

A spokeswoman for Bumar, Roma Sarzynska, told AFP that the models produced in Poland would be mainly Skylark I, Skylark II and Hermes-450. She declined to give any further details of the agreement.

Source: Agence France-Presse

Community
Email This Article
Comment On This Article

Related Links
UAV Technology at SpaceWar.com
UAV News - Suppliers and Technology



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


Sagem Defense Securite Transforms Danish UAVs For Canadian Forces
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 05, 2006
The Canadian Ministry of Defence has just awarded Sagem Defense Securite (SAFRAN Group) a contract to standardize Danish Army Sperwer tactical UAV systems according to Canadian specifications. This program fulfills Canada's need to reinforce its fleet of Sperwer tactical UAV systems for its operations in Afghanistan.







  • Schwarzenegger Ready To Sign Bill Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Schwarzenegger Caps Greenhouse-Gas Emissions In California
  • Protesters Aim To Shut Down British Power Station
  • Crude Oil Rebounds On Iran Jitters

  • Understanding Reactor Security Fears In The 21st Century
  • Iran Hopes Russia Will Be Main Bidder In Two New NPP Projects
  • Iran Plans New Light Water Nuclear Reactor
  • Argentina Launches Multi-Billion-Dollar Nuclear Initiative

  • NASA Experiment Finds Possible Trigger For Radio-Busting Bubbles
  • California's Model Skies
  • ESA Picks SSTL To Develop Atmospheric CO2 Detector
  • Faster Atmospheric Warming In Subtropics Pushes Jet Streams Toward Poles

  • NASA Satellites Can See How Climate Change Affects Forests
  • Papua Logging Industry Riddled With Corruption, Rights Abuses: Report
  • Small-Scale Logging Leads To Clear-Cutting In Brazilian Amazon
  • Debate Continues On Post-Wildfire Logging, Forest Regeneration

  • French Police Arrest Three As Hundreds Try To Destroy GM Crops
  • Japanese Sushi Infatuation Straining Atlantic Tuna Stocks
  • EU Orders Imports Of US Rice To Be Certified Free Of GM Strain
  • Cow Gas Study Not Just A Lot Of Hot Air

  • Real-Time Traffic Routing From The Comfort Of Your Car
  • Real-Time Traffic Routing From The Comfort Of Your Car
  • British Police Force To Introduce Greener Cars
  • Two New Segway Models Offered

  • US Sanctions On Russia Could Hurt Boeing
  • Boeing Puts Aircraft Market At 2.6 Trillion Dollars
  • Innovative Solutions Make Transportation Systems Safer Secure and Efficient
  • Joint Strike Fighter Is Not Flawed Finds Australian Government

  • Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear
  • NASA plans to send new robot to Jupiter
  • Los Alamos Hopes To Lead New Era Of Nuclear Space Tranportion With Jovian Mission
  • Boeing Selects Leader for Nuclear Space Systems Program

  • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement