Badara

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DEFENSE LOOKING AT DRONES
 
MANARA  ALBRAYD SRIA AL-MUSAMI
(If it’s in the Monsoon, it’s got to be true)
 
Defense Command Center, November 30, 5686:  Monsoon sources at the Defense Ministry indicate Defense Minister Salman al-Makhtoum has authorized the Procurement Branch of the Defense Ministry to work out a contractual arrangement with Badara Military Air and Udayl Gunnery to produce an economical unmanned aerial combat vehicle (UACV) as requested by Army Chief of Staff Hakim al-Afdal.
 
Badara Military Air, a state owned military contractor,  at some point produced some reconnaissance drone prototypes for the Air Force which were in fact then produced for the Ministry of Interior’s Special Security Forces (SSF) and subsequently adapted for postal delivery.
 
Udayl Gunnery originally produced artillery gun barrels and ammunition but has long been in the business of producing naval gunnery, anti aircraft missiles, and multiple rocket launcher systems as well as adapting weaponry to civilian air and ship platforms.  It was involved in producing the gunnery for the first frigate model produced at South Ocean Shipyard 700 years ago.
 
The Chief of Defense Command and the Air Force Chief of Staff indicated no objection to this approach as long as it did not preclude future development of a multi role Air Force unmanned fighter bomber.