"Another investment in Poland's security. We have signed an agreement on leasing for the Polish Armed Forces the unmanned reconnaissance drone system MQ-9A REAPER," Mariusz Błaszczak wrote on Twitter.
He added it was a temporary solution. "We will be using it until we have acquired our own unmanned reconnaissance system," the defence minister said.
Polish Armed Forces said in a statement that the contract - between the Poland's Armaments Agency and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems - was worth 70.6 million dollars.
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems primarily for the United States Air Force.
MQ-9s are one of the largest drones (wingspan of 20 metres) and are used for long-endurance and high-altitude surveillance, as well as for carrying out precision strikes with Hellfire missiles.
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Źródło: TVN24 News in English, tvn24.pl
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