Watchkeeper Gets New Delivery Date

By Michael A. Taverna

PARIS — Thales says deliveries of the Watchkeeper UAV will get under way toward year’s end.

Handover of the system, intended for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance, had been expected in February but were delayed by some as-yet-undisclosed “technical difficulties,” Thales executives said Feb. 25 in revealing 2010 final results ...

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