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Friday, September 14, 2012

Airborne above the sea: the world's most advanced naval UAVs

X-47B |With the US Navy rushing to equip its Littoral Combat Ships and aircraft carriers with an array of unmanned aerial vehicles, their popularity has been underpinned.

The need to cheaply and efficiently fulfil multiple capabilities comprising of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions has led the world's navies to unmanned options.

Not only can UAVs be operated cheaply in comparison to larger, more demanding manned aircraft, they can also be launched more quickly and from smaller launch areas, such as those found aboard naval vessels.

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