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World Tribune
February 4, 2010


Poland buys Israeli UAVs for use in Afghanistan 


LONDON — Poland has selected an Israeli tactical unmanned aerial vehicle for 
operations in Afghanistan.   
  
The Polish Defense Ministry has reached agreement to purchase UAV systems from 
Israel's Aeronautics Defense Systems. Officials said the UAV would be deployed 
by the Polish military contingent of NATO in Afghanistan. 

"Four UAVs will be delivered to Afghanistan, and the four others will be used 
for training in Poland," Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich said. 

In a Feb. 1 news conference, Klich did not identify the Israeli UAV. He said 
the award to Aeronautics was worth $32 million. 

Israel has supplied UAV systems to a range of Western militaries in the NATO 
stabilization campaign in Afghanistan. They included such platforms as the 
Heron and Searcher-3 UAVs for such countries as Australia, Canada, France, the 
Netherlands and Spain. 

This marked at least the second Aeronautics project in Afghanistan. In March 
2009, Aeronautics signed a $50 million contract to provide Aerostar UAVs to the 
Royal Netherlands Army. Industry sources said Aerostar was believed to have 
been selected by Poland as well. 

Aerostar, employed by the Israeli military and U.S. Navy, was reported to have 
an endurance of 12 hours. The platform was said to have a range of 300 
kilometers.   
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