begun serial production of hundreds of Bird Eye 650D Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (STUAS). A model that can conduct autonomous missions including point takeoff and point recovery, at ranges of up to 150 km and endurance of up to 15 hours. IAI announced that it has "Commercial applications", including: "mapping, monitoring oil, gas and electrical distribution lines, management of water and pollution over land and maritime areas, and rapid surveillance of disaster areas." In January 2019 IAI signed an agreement with Brazilian company "Santos Lab" to provide BirdEye 650D UAVs, which "Santos Lab" will operate, for large scale precision agricultural applications. In September 2020 IAI announced that it signed an agreement to acquire 50% of BlueBird Aero Systems, an Israeli developer and integrator of small tactical UAVs. Following the acquisition IAI combined its tactical UAV lines with BlueBird's. In June 2021, the company annuaced a deal to sell 100 UAVs to a European customer. Variants References Bird-Eye Unmanned military aircraft of Russia