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19/06Starship 36 was destroyed in a massive test stand explosion on Masseys Space X base
18/06LOT Polish Airlines places its first ever Airbus order for 40 A220s
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16/06Paris Air Show: Riyadh Air placesfirm order for 25 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft
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19/06Starship 36 was destroyed in a massive test stand explosion on Masseys Space X base
18/06LOT Polish Airlines places its first ever Airbus order for 40 A220s
17/06Starlux orders 10 more A350-1000s at the Paris Air Show
17/06Operating a fleet of more than 100 Airbus aircraft, Vietjet orders 100 Airbus A321neo
16/06Paris Air Show: Riyadh Air placesfirm order for 25 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft
16/06Paris Air Show: ANA finalises order for 27 A321neo and A321XLR aircraft
16/06Israel condemns black partition walls around its pavilions at Paris Air Show
16/06Paris Air Show: Portugal announces the acquisition of 6 Embraer KC-390 Millennium with 10 additional options
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19/06Starship 36 was destroyed in a massive test stand explosion on Masseys Space X base
18/06LOT Polish Airlines places its first ever Airbus order for 40 A220s
17/06Starlux orders 10 more A350-1000s at the Paris Air Show
17/06Operating a fleet of more than 100 Airbus aircraft, Vietjet orders 100 Airbus A321neo
16/06Paris Air Show: Riyadh Air placesfirm order for 25 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft
16/06Paris Air Show: ANA finalises order for 27 A321neo and A321XLR aircraft
16/06Israel condemns black partition walls around its pavilions at Paris Air Show
16/06Paris Air Show: Portugal announces the acquisition of 6 Embraer KC-390 Millennium with 10 additional options
16/06Paris Air Show: Riyadh Air orders up to 50 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft
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Swiss selects Elbit Hermes 900 UAV

Elbit Systems announced on June 8 that it was selected by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (“DDPS”), as the preferred supplier for the UAS 15 new reconnaissance drone program. The Hermes 900 aims at replacing the ADS 95 Ranger reconnaissance drone system, which the Swiss Armed Forces have been operating since 2001. It will be replaced by 2020.

The model that has been chosen is the "Hermes 900 HFE", manufactured by the Israeli Elbit Systems company. It is an unarmed reconnaissance drone system.

The Hermes 900 HFE system is an all-weather unarmed reconnaissance drone system that is flexible, has long endurance in the air and a wide operational range than the system currently in use.

The new UAVs are unarmed. Currently, combat drones are not an option for the DDPS. The use of the UAV will be explained extensively in the context of the dispatch on procurement, the Armed Forces Development Programme and the Security Policy Report. The decision to procure the new reconnaissance drone system (ADS 15), which will cost around 250 millions swiss francs, will most probably be submitted for approval to Parliament with the 2015 armaments programme.