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By Andy McCue
Published: 15 August 2008 10:00 GMT
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The UK Ministry of Defence's Watchkeeper programme is aiming to develop an unmanned 'spy in the sky' plane that will provide the armed forces with vital intelligence and surveillance capability by 2010.
A ground crew of just two is required to operate the Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle (UAV). One Watchkeeper operator controls the mission, with the other tracking the information being fed from the UAV sensors. The information generated by this technology allows commanders to detect, identify and track targets without the need to deploy troops into potentially sensitive or dangerous areas, and also provides the ability to loiter while a target is engaged.
The system is being built by Thales and Elbit Systems.
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