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Keeping a watch on Unmanned Warrior

Maritime October 16, 2016

Watchkeeper will be keeping an eye on proceedings of the Unmanned Warrior event being held off the coast of Scotland this October. The opening phases of the autonomous technology event will see Watchkeeper flying offshore for the first time, operating alongside a Type 23 warship and merchant vessel. Thales will deploy Watchkeeper ...

Cubic receives contract extension to support Watchkeeper

Air August 3, 2016

Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS), a newly formed business division of Cubic Corporation, has announced a three-year extension award of $1.4M from UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS) to provide additional Tactical Common Data Links (TCDL) for the Ministry of Defence’s Watchkeeper unmanned aircraft system (UAS) programme. Watchkeeper, which is recognised as Europe’s largest ...

Watchkeeper: Pioneering UAV safety standards

June 22, 2016

Watchkeeper was the first unmanned aerial vehicle required to be built to the same safety standards as a manned aircraft. MOD DCB features writer Paul Elliott spoke to Barry Trimmer, Technical Director at Watchkeeper manufacturer Thales, about the Watchkeeper platform and the broader UAV marketplace. We’ve been told to expect to see unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) regularly in the skies for some ...

UAVs: know the customer to grow the market

June 1, 2016

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are currently in high demand and used across a variety of defence settings. MOD DCB features writer Paul Elliott talked to Matthew Moore, head of Thales UK’s Unmanned Aerial Systems business, about the growth of the UAV marketplace and how businesses need to know their customer to be successful. Unmanned ...