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Thursday, January 22, 2009

IAI's Heron UAV to make maritime patrol debut

Heron TP MALE UAVIsrael will begin flying maritime patrol sorties over the Mediterranean Sea by mid-2009 using modified Israel Aerospace Industries Heron (Shoval) unmanned air vehicles, with a prototype having undergone flight testing over recent months.

A senior Israeli air force source says the use of UAVs will enable better maritime coverage than the service's current manned IAI Westwind 1124 business jet-based Seascans, which entered use from 1978.

Shoval air vehicles will gradually replace the current type, and according to the air force will be equipped with a similar payload.

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