| Submit your comments on this article |
| Britain |
| Six charged in UK after allegedly driving van into entrance of Elbit-owned drone maker |
| 2026-04-26 |
| [IsraelTimes] Six people are due to appear in a UK court Monday to face burglary and criminal damage charges after a van allegedly drove into a military drone maker’s entrance gate, police say. The investigation into the incident in the early hours of Friday at the premises in central England has been led by counter-terrorism officers, Leicestershire Police said. The business allegedly targeted is understood to be specialized military drone maker UAV Tactical Systems, according to Britain’s domestic Press Association (PA) news agency. Israel-based defense firm Elbit Systems’ UK arm announced in January that it had fully acquired the British company, which supplies tactical uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), more commonly known as drones, to military and other customers. Leicestershire Police say the six suspects — men and women from across southern England, aged between 25 and 41 years-old — have each been charged with one count of burglary and one count of causing criminal damage. “The charges relate to a report that a van had driven into a gate at business premises just after 3 am yesterday,” the force adds in a brief statement. “The investigation is led by Counter Terrorism Policing East Midlands with the support of Leicestershire Police.” The six people charged are set to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Monday. UAV Tactical Systems has over the last two decades “supplied dozens of advanced tactical uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to the British Army,: according to Elbit Systems’ website. It has also provided them “to international customers, including the United Nations and Nato member countries,” it notes. UAV Tactical Systems and Elbit Systems’ UK arm do not immediately respond to AFP’s request for comment. Related: Elbit Systems 04/15/2026 Serbia and Israel to jointly manufacture combat drones, Vucic says Elbit Systems 04/12/2026 UK police arrest over 500 at London demonstration for Palestine Action support Elbit Systems 04/11/2026 French arms exports to Israel ‘a continuous pipeline of military hardware' |
| Posted by:trailing wife |