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Russian warplane maker Irkut will produce small UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Vietnam 1503122.
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| Thursday, March 15, 2012, 09:03 AM | |||
| Russian warplane maker Irkut will produce small UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Vietnam. | |||
Russian
warplane maker Irkut has signed a contract with Vietnam to build a small
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Southeast Asian country, Izvestia
daily reported on Thursday, March 15, 2012. The $10 million deal, with
Vietnam Aerospace Association (VASA), was signed on Wednesday, Yury Malov,
head of the Irkut Engineering, Irkut's subsidiary, told Izvestia. |
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 Russian Irkut-2M small UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
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The
firm will build a 100-kilogram mini-drone, as well as transmitting and
remote control systems to operate it. It will also help "teach the
Vietnamese side how to maintain and use the drones" until VASA "has
had the experience" enabling it to build the UAVs itself, Malov said. He said the UAVs are intended for civilian use but could "in future" be used for defense purposes. VASA refused to confirm it had struck the deal. Irkut has already built UAVs for Belarus. Malov said Irkut may launch a "serial production" of UAVs for Vietnam should it like the Russian drone. |
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