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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Australian Global Hawk trial successfully completed

Global Hawk UAVThe Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence, Senator Sandy Macdonald, today announced the successful completion of the recent Defence trial which assessed the capability of unmanned aerial systems performing maritime surveillance over Australia's North West Shelf.

"This brings to a close the unmanned systems capability trial which was a commitment made by the Australian Government under its 2004 Election policy Securing Australia's North West Shelf," Senator Macdonald said.

The trial, being led by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, was conducted in two phases.

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