30/06/2020

Safran arms Patroller UAV

Safran arms Patroller UAV – link

Source: Jane’s

Safran Electronics & Defense has displayed its Patroller UAV during past Eurosatory exhibitions and if this year’s show had not been cancelled it might have shown a mock-up fitted with rocket pods
The French Army has decided to add effectors to the UAV and the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French armament procurement agency, awarded the company a risk-reduction contract in late 2019 to integrate Thales Acüleüs 68 mm induction rockets into the Patroller

It is interesting to note the difference between various (western) EU countries in their approach to armed UAVs
With Germany still in the midst of internal discussions on the legality and morality of such capabilities France conducted its ever strike last December in Mali
The UK, obtaining vast strike experience with the MQ-9, will integrate new munitions in the Protector program
See “German Military Considers Using Armed Drones”
See “First ever UAS strike by France”
See “UK’s Protector gains Brimstones, Paveway IV for ground test”