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07 September 2009
Air Force to Begin Operating Unmanned Aerial System
Minister for Defence, Senator John Faulkner, has announced that the Royal Australian Air Force has acquired Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in close collaboration with Canadian Defence forces.
This high resolution intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability will enhance the capability of Australian forces in Afghanistan.
The Heron UAV is a one tonne aircraft capable of medium altitude, long endurance flights. Under Project NANKEEN, the Defence Materiel Organisation has signed a contract with Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to lease Heron UAV services which will provide high resolution intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.
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