The Czech Army launched a large-scale program for the purchase of drones. In December 2017, the portal armyrecognition.com reported that the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic announced the purchase of American drones ScanEagle. The plans of the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic to spend on army drones 1 billion Czech crowns ($ 47 million)
The ScanEagle unmanned spacecraft on the launcher
Czech militaries at the first will receive ScanEagle reconnaissance drones. The delivery is scheduled for 2019, the contract amount is $ 9.3 million.
Czech soldiers are already familiar with ScanEagle, since they use US-provided drones in the framework of the NATO mission “Strong Support” in Afghanistan. In the future, the military department of the Czech Republic plans to purchase also shock drones.
ScanEagle Drone is a joint development of Boeing and Insitu. The first prototype ScanEagle took off in 2002, and two years later it was tested as part of the Marine Corps units of the United States that participated in the fighting in Iraq. UAV was officially adopted by the US Army in 2005 and is intended for reconnaissance, observation of the battlefield and target designation.
Source: https://vpk.name/news/200153_chehiya_vooruzhaetsya_amerikanskimi_bespilotnikami.html
