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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

BAE Systems details Herti UAV success in Afghanistan


Herti UAV

BAE Systems has disclosed further details of UK Royal Air Force operations using its Herti autonomous unmanned air vehicle in Afghanistan, and underlined its intention to advance airspace integration work in the UK next year using the type.

The Rotax-powered Herti 1B UAV has been flown from Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province since mid-year by personnel from the RAF Air Warfare Centre (AWC).

The Herti can carry a payload of up to 150kg (330lb), including a full motion video or infrared sensor, plus one fixed narrow field-of-view and two wide field-of-view stills cameras.

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