The Canadian government announced Friday it is buying an existing unmanned aerial surveillance system, through a government-to-government contractual arrangement. “It is a critical component of the Land Force Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance program,” the government added. The system includes five unmanned aircraft, two ground control stations and one launch and recovery system. Once delivered to the Canadian Army in 2017, the system will be based out of Canadian Forces Base Gagetown and operated by the 4th Artillery Regiment (General Support), the Canadian government noted. They show the U.S. Marines operating the RQ-21A Blackjack.

Source: National Post August 26, 2016 19:07 UTC