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Avionics, IAI to jointly enter the Brazilian defense market with Heron UAV variant.
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Avionics,
a leading player in the Brazilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) arena
is progressing towards production of a unique, Brazilian-made Medium Altitude
Long-Endurance (MALE) UAV – the “Caçador”. IAI
and Avionics announced today they will jointly enter the Brazilian defense
market with a indigenous version of the Heron UAV. |
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 Avionics' Caçador MALE UAV is based on the Heron UAV, produced by IAI |
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The Caçador
UAV is designed to meet the specific, unique and advanced requirements
of Brazil with its special strategic interests. The manufacturing process
will take place in Brazil by the local industry. Avionics Services has
started the process of production, maintenance and operation for themanufacturing
of the Caçador.The operational site is located in the Botucatu,
Sao Paulo air-field.
Transfer of technology is made by IAI to Avionics to ensure a successful, professional and highly advanced process. The Caçador multi-mission system is based on IAI’s renowned Heron UAV, which has proven its operational capabilities worldwide. Heron is used operationally by the Brazilian Federal Police since 2010. The Federal Police have accumulated a substantial amount of operational experience with the Heron UAS which allows it to operate the system in a variety of complex scenarios. Caçador will
be equipped with an automatic takeoff and landing system (ATOL) and
will be adapted for a broad range of tasks, utilizing diverse mission
payloads. Caçador will carry multiple payloads for line-of-sight
missions or beyond line of sight using satellite communications. Its
sensors will feed ISR data to the ground segment and to tactical-level
end users in real-time. The system includes an advanced ground segment
offering the ultimate level of Man Machine Interface (MMI) through advanced,
ergonomic and modular design. A cooperation agreement was also signed between IAI and Avionics Services to conduct the companies' joint activities in the Brazilian Defense market. This includes the marketing and manufacture of aircraft systems, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), sensors and upgrades of aerial platforms. The cooperation agreement's main target markets are defense and public security projects primarily for the Brazilian market, which may potentially be extended to international markets in the future. |
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