Special mission aircraft, which are considered as the intelligence eye of the armed forces in the air, constitute an important power factor in combat thanks to their reconnaissance, surveillance and command-control capabilities.
Israel's leading aviation company IAI (Israel Aerospace Industries) has announced that a 350 million USD agreement has been signed with a European country for the procurement of a Special Mission Aircraft. The agreement will be executed by ELTA Systems contractorship. The company did not give detailed information about the contract.
Thanks to its advanced miniature sensor technologies, IAI can transform a wide range of aircraft, from small private jets to large transport aircraft, to special mission platforms. Thanks to artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, the company can customize its component structures according to user requirements. IAI offers AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning & Control), AGS (Air to Ground Surveillance), MPA (Maritime Patrol Aircraft) and SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) offers solutions to user market.
