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Sunday, July 17, 2011

New drones to protect Diggers

RQ-7B Shadow 200Afghan-based Diggers will get enhanced protection from a new $170 million US-designed unmanned spy plane system within months, Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare confirmed yesterday.

The catapult-launched Shadow 200 is a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle that will provide day and night surveillance. Its purchase, part of a $1.1 billion package of protection measures, was first announced by former defence minister John Faulkner last year.

The package includes the C-Ram early-warning radar system used to detect incoming rockets or artillery.

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