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http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/israel-is-hermes-900-uav-launch-customer-as-iaf-expands-its-fleets-06363/QuoteJuly 26/17: Elbit Systems announced that it has flown a number of demonstration flights of its Hermes 900 UAV for an interested Philippine Air Force (PAF). Manila is in the market for new intelligence reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities for both patrolling its territorial waters and tackling an insurgency on the archipelago by jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State.
July 26/17: Elbit Systems announced that it has flown a number of demonstration flights of its Hermes 900 UAV for an interested Philippine Air Force (PAF). Manila is in the market for new intelligence reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities for both patrolling its territorial waters and tackling an insurgency on the archipelago by jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State.
Philippines receives unmanned aerial vehicles from IsraelINQUIRER.net / 04:46 PM September 30, 2019The defense chief was referring to the P8-billion project from Elbit Systems, which includes three units of Hermes 450 UAVs and 9 units of Hermes 900 UAVs.It would likely be deployed in Sulu or Palawan after the Air Force finishes training on how to operate it, he added.< snipped >The Hermes 900, meanwhile, is the larger and more sophisticated type of drone. It can be used for ground support and maritime patrol missions. It has a service ceiling of 30,000 feet and flight endurance of up to 36 hours.The Philippine Navy and Philippine Army will also have their own advanced type of UAVs, Lorenzana said.His agency has also bought 530 “small drones” for the military’s tactical units, battalions and brigades, he added.
Hermes 900 MALE UAV enters service with Philippine Air Force21 January 2020Images of two of the nine Hermes 900 platforms ordered from Israel have been circulating on social media since November 2019, with a video emerging a few days later showing one of the platforms in flight bearing PAF markings.The procurement of the MALE UAVs is part of the PAF’s ongoing modernisation programme, which also includes the acquisition of three Hermes 450 long-endurance tactical UAVs, two of which were handed over in August 2019.
