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Friday, December 21, 2012

Miniature Radar Altimeter Supports Sea-skimming UAV Test

Miniature Radar Altimeter |Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke), a Chemring Group company, has supplied its Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) in a successful flight test of a sea-skimming UAV designed to mimic the threat of an incoming missile.

UAV Navigation, a developer of flight-control avionics for unmanned aircraft, led the test on a range used by the Spanish Navy. Roke's MRA Type 1 was integrated into its LCAP autopilot system, enabling the aircraft to accurately determine its height above the sea.

The flight test involved a SCRAB aerial target UAV, flying at cruise speeds only a few meters over the water which followed its flight path without the intervention of a human pilot.

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