Belarus and Ecuador are to collaborate on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) development, Belarusian state media reported on 18 December. According to the BELTA news agency, Sergei Chizhik, deputy chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, told journalists the plans included a joint engineering laboratory for UAV development and production to be based in Ecuador. The plant would focus on unmanned aircraft for border protection, analysis of natural resources and emergency response.
