Mexican Navy to begin UAS series production in 2016

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Mexican Navy to begin UAS series production in 2016
Inigo Guevara, Washington, DC - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
17 August 2015
Key Points

• The Mexican Navy plans to produce indigenously designed UAS in late 2016
• SPARTAAM will comprise of three UAVs and a vehicle-borne ground control station

The Mexican Navy is scheduled to begin series production of an indigenously designed unmanned aerial system (UAS) from late 2016 according to a report released by the Ministry of the Navy (SEMAR) in early August.

The project is known as the Mexican Navy Tactical Air Reconnaissance Autonomous patrol System (SPARTAAM: Sistema de Patrullaje Autónomo de Reconocimiento Táctico Aéreo de la Armada de México) which falls within the Navy's larger UAS-ISR programme that includes a family of UAS platforms.
Mexican Navy to begin UAS series production in 2016 - IHS Jane's 360