The Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle helping to secure European borders
In the current tender, Airbus will provide the flight service, including maintenance. The aircraft will take off from sites as chosen by Frontex in cooperation with hosting countries in southern Europe. Picture by IAI.
Israel Aerospace Industries’ Heron UAV, which has served Western air forces in Afghanistan and the German Air Force in Mali, will monitor the European Union’s southern borders in line with a four-year leasing contract.
By Yaakov Lappin, JNS
A contract recently signed to lease a cutting-edge Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that was developed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to assist in European Union border protection missions represents a major step in the use of the technology in the civilian sphere, a company executive has told JNS.