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Germany to lease IAI’s Heron TP

12th January 2016 - 16:52 GMT | by Pieter Bastiaans in Breda

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Germany will lease up to five Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron TP UAVs ahead of the eventual development of a European MALE UAS in the mid-2020s.

Germany’s defence minister Ursula von der Leyen announced on 12 January that chief of staff Inspector General Volker Wieker had informed parliament about his decision to lease the Heron TP as the Bundeswehr’s new MALE UAS.

The Heron 1 is currently in use as an interim solution for Germany’s SAATEG programme, which is being provided by Airbus Defence and Space together with IAI. 

The decision to opt for another IAI solution is likely to

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A resident from Breda, the Netherlands, Pieter Bastiaans is an independent defence correspondent and photographer …

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