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Friday, August 31, 2012

Dutch fly first ScanEagle mission off Somalia

Scaneagle UAV |The Dutch armed forces have performed their first surveillance mission in support of NATO's counter-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia using the Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle unmanned air system.

Launched from the Royal Netherlands Navy's landing platform dock the HNLMS Rotterdam on 8 August, the ScanEagle completed a flight of more than 9h over the Gulf of Aden, the Dutch defence ministry says.

Operations with the new UAS are being conducted by a detachment of 19 Royal Netherlands Army personnel deployed aboard the vessel, which has been assigned as the flagship for operation "Ocean Shield" since 4 August.

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