The Guatemalan Air Force (FAG)incorporated its first unmanned aerial vehicle: an S4 Ehécatl from the Mexican company Hydra Technologies, valued at $511,803.
The public tender was active from May 19 to June 19 of this year and the Ministry of Defense of Guatemala made the purchase by modality of Acquisitions with single supplier (Art.43 subsection c), on July 20, according to the official portal Guatecompras. Finally, the unit was received at the end of last November.
The purchase was made through the Guatemalan company Tactical Group,as a local intermediary, while the drone is manufactured by Hydra Technologies of Mexico, based in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
According to Guatecompras, this 2021 a total of 10 awards have been made to this local supplier for almost nine million dollars. The buyers have been the Ministries of Defense and Interior of Guatemala, while the majority of purchases correspond to equipment and security items.