Boeing Australia and Israel Aircraft Industries Team Wins Australian UAV Contract
“Boeing Australia looks forward to providing the ADF with the first unmanned aerial vehicle system to enter Australian service on a scale as large as this” said Boeing Australia’s Managing Director, David Gray.
“The I-View system that Boeing Australia and our partner, IAI/(MALAT Division), will deliver is among the most advanced tactical unmanned aerial vehicles in the world today.”
The Boeing Australia /IAI solution for project JP 129, the I-View 250 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) sets the standard for air vehicle technology, providing airborne surveillance, reconnaissance, and target acquisition to support ADF operations. Key I-View features include dual-redundant, fully automated, launch and recovery mechanisms including a unique powered parafoil landing system that allows recovery in rough, confined terrain with little or no surface preparation. The TUAV has multiple payload and communication options to ensure superior performance and coalition interoperability.
Yair Dubester, General Manager of IAI/MALAT Division, said: "IAI/MALAT is proud that the ADF has selected the I-View as its Tactical UAV system. I-View is IAI/MALAT's fourth-generation Tactical UAV system, and is built on our extensive experience with UAV technology over the past 30 years. I-View offers not only high performance and flexibility, but also future growth to support the ADF’s operational needs.”
The Boeing Australia/IAI solution also includes a strong in-country support, modification, and upgrade capability that builds Australian self-reliance and critical capability development.
“We are particularly pleased that a number of Australian small-to-medium enterprises and research institutions will assist us to deliver our solution and provide through life support,” David Gray said. “Boeing Australia strongly supports the development of local industry and research organisations, and the activities that will be undertaken as part of the JP 129 project will clearly demonstrate that commitment.
“We look forward to a successful partnership with the Commonwealth throughout the service life of the JP 129 system, and working collaboratively with industry, academia and Defence to further develop and grow these key in-country capabilities in the challenging new frontier of unmanned systems.”
About Boeing Australia:
Boeing Australia Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, is a high technology company specialising in design, development, manufacture and installation of complex defence and commercial systems. Boeing Australia Limited is headquartered in Brisbane and has 2000 staff in 17 locations around Australia supporting defence and other customers.
Through mergers and acquisition, The Boeing Company has been involved in the Australian aircraft and defence businesses for more than 78 years and currently has nearly 3,500 employees throughout the country. In the last five years, Boeing has invested $A579 million in facilities, plant, equipment, and employment and training of Australians and technology transfer, $265 million (1997-2001) in local research and development and has exported aerostructure components and high technology services worth some $1.25bn.
About IAI:
Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd. (IAI) is Israel's largest industrial exporter and a globally recognized leader for the defense and commercial markets. IAI provides unique and cost-effective technological solutions for a broad spectrum of needs in space, air, land, sea and homeland defense. IAI is an established leader in a vast number of fields including: unmanned air and ground vehicles, radars, AEW, EW, ELINT/ESM, SIGINT and COMINT/COMJAM, Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missiles (ATBM), optronic payloads, and many other core technologies, products and services.
IAI's MALAT Division is a world leader in developing and integrating UAV systems. IAI UAVs have accumulated, world wide, more than 250,000 operational flight hours to date.
IAI MALAT UAV systems are operated by 27 customers including; the Israeli Defense Forces, US Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Finnish Army, Swiss Army, French Air Force and the Belgian Army.
Commonality and built-in modularity, available in MALAT’s hardware and software sub-systems, allow for the tailoring and integration of customer-oriented systems to answer specific user requirements. The entire range of MALAT UAV systems comprises a variety of sophisticated UAV platforms, payloads, data links, ground mission control stations and mission centres to fulfil the requirements of diverse operational scenarios and needs.
MALAT’s product line includes two major UAV categories: Tactical UAV systems (Searcher, Hunter, Ranger and I-View UAV system) and Long-Endurance Strategic UAV systems (Heron and Eagle).
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