ISRAEL SET TO DELIVER FOUR MORE SURVEILLANCE DRONES TO TURKEY

TEL AVIV (A.A) - 21.07.2010 - The delivery of four Heron type unmanned surveillance planes, the remaining lot in a $180 million deal for 10 Israeli drones for the Turkish armed forces, is scheduled for early August, military sources said on Wednesday.
The drones are set to arrive in the southeastern province of Batman on August 1 or 2 together with associated ground control systems and support equipments.
A group of Turkish military personnel returned to Turkey after concluding talks and preparations in Israel for the shipment of the remaining drones. 
A team of six Israeli experts has arrived in Turkey for the maintenance of the UAVs which is set to be followed by another large group of Israeli military personnel, set to arrive in the first week of August.
Turkey received the first six-drone lot in February this year as the country earlier announced that its first indigenous UAVs, popularly known as the Anka (or the Phoenix) have made maiden flight as sources say the Turkish-made drones would remarkably reduce dependence on foreign technology.