First batch of Hermes 90 Thor drones delivered to Philippine Army
Elbit was awarded a contract worth $153 million to supply a multi-layered UAV system to a military in Southeast Asia, including over 1,000 Hermes 90 Thor units, in late 2019
Eyal Boguslavsky
| 28/02/2023
Photo: Elbit Systems
The Philippine Army has received an initial batch of new Hermes 90 THOR mini unmanned aerial systems (mUAS) from Israel's Elbit Systems.
According to Philippine website Max Defense, the Philippine Army ordered 533 systems, which each system composed of 2 Hermes 90 THOR unmanned aerial vehicles and a man-portable flight and surveillance operating system.
As a reminder, on October 6, 2019, Israeli Elbit was awarded a contract worth $153 million to supply a multi-layered UAV system to a military in Southeast Asia, including over 1,000 Hermes 90 Thor units .It remains to be seen how many systems have been delivered although Max Defense believes that at least 100 systems or more could have been delivered before the end of 2022.
Elbit was awarded a contract worth $153 million to supply a multi-layered UAV system to a military in Southeast Asia, including over 1,000 Hermes 90 Thor units, in late 2019
Photo: Elbit Systems
The Philippine Army has received an initial batch of new Hermes 90 THOR mini unmanned aerial systems (mUAS) from Israel's Elbit Systems.
According to Philippine website Max Defense, the Philippine Army ordered 533 systems, which each system composed of 2 Hermes 90 THOR unmanned aerial vehicles and a man-portable flight and surveillance operating system.
As a reminder, on October 6, 2019, Israeli Elbit was awarded a contract worth $153 million to supply a multi-layered UAV system to a military in Southeast Asia, including over 1,000 Hermes 90 Thor units .It remains to be seen how many systems have been delivered although Max Defense believes that at least 100 systems or more could have been delivered before the end of 2022.
