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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Thales UK announces Watchkeeper UAV maiden flight

Thales UK today announces the successful first flight of the Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle (UAV) platform.

The Watchkeeper UAV, flown for the first time on 16 April from Megido airfield in northern Israel, is the first produced air vehicle, designed and built to meet the demanding requirements of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Watchkeeper will provide the UK armed forces with an essential intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability, and will be a key component of the UK's network enabled capability (NEC).

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