The IAI I-View (Eye-View in some sources) is a small reconnaissance

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developed in Israel in the early 21st century. Like other UAVs produced by IAI, it has fixed landing gear and an 18.6 kW (25 hp) piston engine. The Eye-View is also being promoted in civilian markets for forest fire warning, and in this form is appropriately known as the FireBird. In December 2006, the I-View was selected as the winning tender in the JP129 requirement to provide a reconnaissance UAV for the

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. The contract for the project was canceled in September 2008 as a result of technical problems before any UAVs were delivered. Under a $50 million deal, signed in April, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will supply Russia with some of its second-tier UAVs, including the Bird-Eye 400 mini-UAV, the I-view MK150 tactical UAV and the Searcher Mk II medium-range UAV. This is the first Israeli sale of military platforms to Russia.

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This article contains material that originally came from the web articl
''Unmanned Aerial Vehicles''
by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain. {{IAI aircraft 2000s Israeli military reconnaissance aircraft IAI unmanned aerial vehicles V-tail aircraft