HALE Aircraft Has 30 Hour Endurance At 60,000 Feet
Euro Hawk, the first high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE),
signals intelligence (SIGINT) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) based
on the RQ-4 Global Hawk produced by Northrop Grumman for the German
Bundeswehr, successfully touched down in Manching, Germany on
Thursday.
Designed For A Maritime Environment, They Reportedly Perform
Just As Well Over Land
Sea King helicopter squadrons from Royal Naval Air Station
(RNAS) Culdrose have been operating from Camp Bastion since 2009
and have contributed to the confiscation of significant amounts of
IED-making equipment, arms and drugs, and the detainment of
suspected insurgents.
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