An IAF Searcher UAV at Palmahim IAF base near Ashdod [illustrative]. Photo: Yaakov KatzFrom Jerusalem Post:
Israel does not plan to sell Russia its most advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), defense officials said Monday, after a top Russian official said that the 12 Moscow recently purchased from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) would be used for study, to build similar models domestically.
In a $53 million deal signed recently, Russia will receive two models of IAI's low-tier UAVs - the I-view MK150 tactical UAV and the Searcher Mk II medium-range UAV.
In an interview with the RIA Novosti news agency on Monday, Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, revealed that the main goal of the deal with Israel was to study the technology in order to build the drones domestically.
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My Comment: When the Israeli company learned that the Russians actually wanted to reverse engineer their product .... they came to their senses. Why give something that they will be competing against in a few years.
The Russians will still get the tech .... but the Israeli company will a few more years before this happens
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