# Egypt and Belarus signs UAV production agreement

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2020/05/egypt-and-belarus-signs-uav-production-agreement/
- Published: 2020-05-06T13:47:15+01:00
- Author: Darek Liam

Egypt and Belarussia has signed a bilateral agreement to jointly design and develop
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Egypt, the business is worth roughly $1 million.

The contract will see Belarus setting up an enterprise in Egypt to develop, supply
UAVs, and train drone pilots, says Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences 
of Belarus, Vladimir Gusakov.

Belarus has a number of indigenous UAV development programs, including the Burevestnik
MB from the Centre for Multifunctional Unmanned Systems of the Academy of Sciences
of Belarus. This weights 350+ kg and can be armed with unguided rockets and other
munitions, the smaller, electrically driven Busel MB reconnaissance UAV, and larger
Yastreb, which has a maximum takeoff weight of some 700 kg.

Asides the drone contract, Egypt has, according to Gusakov, also expressed interest
in Belarusian artificial intelligence, electric transport, and bio-technologies.

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