The vehicles will be deployed for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
Textron subsidiary Textron Systems has confirmed the start of the first operational flights of its Aerosonde uncrewed air system (UAS) for the Nigerian Army.
Aerosonde 4.7 Fixed Wing UAS vehicles were delivered to Nigeria as part of a foreign military sale (FMS) contract approved by the US State Department.
According to Textron Systems, the ‘first UAS capability of its kind’ in Nigeria will be deployed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
Nigeria; Army deploys Aerosonde 4.7 UAV