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[[Arjuna Gunawardena]] is a Sri Lankan security consultant.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunagunawardena Arjuna Gunawardena MSc.], LinkedIn, accessed 8 October 2012.</ref> | [[Arjuna Gunawardena]] is a Sri Lankan security consultant.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/in/arjunagunawardena Arjuna Gunawardena MSc.], LinkedIn, accessed 8 October 2012.</ref> | ||
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| + | Gunawardena is the Sri Lankan agent for the [[Blue Horizon]] UAV system built by [[EMIT Aviation]] of Israel. The Sri Lankan ''Sunday Leader'' reported of this system in 2007: | ||
| + | ::Controversy surrounds government moves to purchase an Israeli built Blue Horizon II UAV system at a cost of over US$ five million by the Sri Lanka Air Force based on an unsolicited offer. | ||
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| + | ::The controversy stems from allegations that the system is untested and had been decided upon without calling for other offers.<ref>[http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20070617/news.htm Controversy surrounds UAV deal], ''Sunday Leader'', 10 June 2007.</ref> | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
Revision as of 22:17, 8 October 2012
Arjuna Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan security consultant.[1]
Blue Horizon UAV
Gunawardena is the Sri Lankan agent for the Blue Horizon UAV system built by EMIT Aviation of Israel. The Sri Lankan Sunday Leader reported of this system in 2007:
- Controversy surrounds government moves to purchase an Israeli built Blue Horizon II UAV system at a cost of over US$ five million by the Sri Lanka Air Force based on an unsolicited offer.
- The controversy stems from allegations that the system is untested and had been decided upon without calling for other offers.[2]
Publications
- Female Suicide bombers, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, August 2006.
Notes
- ↑ Arjuna Gunawardena MSc., LinkedIn, accessed 8 October 2012.
- ↑ Controversy surrounds UAV deal, Sunday Leader, 10 June 2007.
