30/06/2020
Safran arms Patroller UAV
Safran arms Patroller UAV – link
Source: Jane’s
Article Headlines
- 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
Overview & Comments
- 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”
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