{"id":10243,"date":"2021-08-20T17:40:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T17:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/20\/two-saudi-firms-to-co-produce-sky-guard-drone-for-operational-use\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:33:27","slug":"two-saudi-firms-to-co-produce-sky-guard-drone-for-operational-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/2021\/08\/20\/two-saudi-firms-to-co-produce-sky-guard-drone-for-operational-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Saudi firms to co-produce Sky Guard drone for operational use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT \u2014 Two Saudi companies have inked an agreement to co-produce and further develop the Sky Guard drone for operational use. The UAV has only ever undergone testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal was signed Aug. 19 between Sami bin Mohammed al-Alhumaidi, acting director general of the Prince Sultan Defense Studies and Research Center, and Ziad bin Houmod al-Musallam, CEO of the Advanced Electronics Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Military Industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are confident that our partnership with the Center will prove effective in supporting the development of the Kingdom\u2019s defense ecosystem, as well as boosting local content,\u201d the AEC executive said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UAV, originally designed and manufactured by the research center, has successfully passed testing and experimentation to qualify its subsystems in different environmental conditions. Flight tests were also conducted to assess design requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis important milestone in the manufacture of advanced technologies will help to ensure the successful shift from research, tests, and experiments to manufacturing and mass production, as well as the transfer of knowledge through training on locally designed and manufactured products,\u201d al-Alhumaidi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the latest agreement also furthers the Saudi government\u2019s strategy to support the defense and security sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a news release, Sky Guard\u2019s \u201ctake-off and landing are automated and controlled remotely through an Operating Room and Mobile Communication Room,\u201d and the system comes with two UAV frames, a ground control station and a ground data terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is designed for tactical operations to support ground, air and marine forces, with high identification and tracking capabilities to help it destroy targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The drone was developed in 2015 and displayed in 2017 at Bahrain\u2019s BIDEC event and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/idex\/2021\/02\/26\/unmanned-systems-artificial-intelligence-dominate-the-idex-showroom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emirati conference IDEX<\/a>, with an original expected date of mass production in 2018, according to Jean-Marc Rickli, head of global and emerging risks at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe payload is light, 50 kilograms; range relatively short, 150 kilometers; and endurance of 8 hours,\u201d Rickli told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sky Guard can also fly at a maximum altitude of 18,000 feet, and be equipped with high-resolution cameras as well as electronic warfare systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo this is a tactical UAV mainly used for surveillance and reconnaissance purposes. 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