Originally Posted by
ShotOne
But we ARE buying (remotely piloted) aircraft from the Israelis already.
No, we are buying an aeroplane BASED on an Israeli design which has been reworked and documented by others (at rather extraordinary cost, but that's another story) to meet the certification needs for UK use.
Are you saying only Euro or US types are capable of certification? How is Tucano certified then?
Tucano is a simple aeroplane procured many decades ago when the regulatory touch was "lighter". A better example might be the Mk3 Chinook...
PDR