TEL AVIV — An Israeli defense firm has been selected to supply unmanned aerial vehicles to Mexico.   

Israel's Aeronautics Defense Systems won a $22 million contract to provide UAVs for security forces in Mexico. Executives said Aeronautics would deliver both UAVs and an aerostat to Mexican border security.

In a Feb. 16 statement, Aeronautics reported the sale of the Orbiter miniature UAV to the Mexican federal police. Orbiter, with an endurance of up to three hours, was designed for over-the-hill reconnaissance missions and urban warfare operations.

"The ISR [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] systems are designed to deliver high quality intelligence by day and by night to command and control stations equipped with digital maps, via real time data link communication," Aeronautics said.

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