French Novadem has received a new order from the DGA to reinforce its fleet of microdrones NX70 already used by French forces. Since 2018, the number of NX70 owned by the French Ministry of Defense has increased to reach more than 150 Novadem drones ordered.
At the end of 2020, Novadem received a new order from the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) for about 50 more micro-drones NX70. This is the third order in two years. Since the initial order in 2018, the fleet of NX70 microdones used on external operations (OPEX) has never stopped growing every year. To date, the total order amouns to more than six million euros for about 150 N70 drones and more than 200 associated equipment and spare parts.
This new order demonstrates an evolution for NX70 night vision capabilities. In fact, thanks to the feedback from the soldiers on the field, Novadem has worked and equipped its drones with a thermal camera with a double resolution than the current one. This night performance is unrivalled by any system of this range. Half of the NX70 drones will be delivered with this new high-resolution thermal camera, named 640, for the purpose of the most demanding night missions driven by units specialised in observation and research. This is added to the existing versatility of the NX70 fleet, which is already equipped with tethered power supply for continuous observation and protection missions, and also data link terminal placed on vehicles or directly handled by soldiers allowing information sharing on the field.