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BAE Systems completes first flight with an unmanned aircraft in UK's airspace

London, United Kingdom - "We are in a good position for the development of regulations the civil use of UAV systems"

BAE Systems announced it completed the first flight of an unmanned aircraft in the airspace of the United Kingdom: the Jetstream 31 of the aerospace company travelled from Warton, near Preston (Lancashire, roughly 30 km north-west of Manchester) to Inverness, Scotland. Actually the flight was not completely unmanned, since two pilots were on board, but "They were sitting there having a coffee. They...

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Rome, Italy, 05/14/2013 15:17
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