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Sierra Nevada, Israel Aerospace Industries Developing New UAS For U.S. Market

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

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Sierra Nevada, Israel Aerospace Industries Developing New UAS For U.S. Market

Sierra Nevada Corp. and Israel Aerospace Industries officials following the signing of their new cooperation agreement. Photo: IAI.

Sierra Nevada Corp. announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to develop a new tactical Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the U.S. market.Under the strategic cooperation agreement, SNC is responsible for system integration on the IAI-built VTOL UAS, which would be developed to assist forward-positioned units with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations.“The companies see great potential in this collaboration for special mission applications in the American tactical UAS market…

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