The Sagem-built Patroller medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has successfully completed its fourth series of flight tests at the Istres Air Base in south-west France.
During the tests, the MALE UAV, deployed with a ground control station, successfully demonstrated the performance of its triplex avionics equipment and its imaging system.
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The UAV endurance exceeded 30 hours and it proved its ability to integrate with air traffic around the base.
The 1t-class MALE UAV is specifically designed to meet the long-endurance surveillance mission requirements of both armed forces and joint-ministerial programmes.
Patroller can be equipped with pod-mounted satellite links and payloads to carry out missions lasting 20 to 30 hours at a maximum altitude of 25,000ft.
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