Retiring a fleet of Army reconnaissance drones that keep crashing will cost the taxpayer almost £116m, ministers have said.

UK safety investigators have identified significant technical problems with the British Army’s Thales Watchkeeper tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Shortfalls in the UAVs’ flight-control ...

Flight International online news 09:30GMT: The unmanned air vehicle that will provide the platform for the UK’s Watchkeeper reconaissance system flew in civil airspace in public at the ParcAberporth ...

Last year, the British Army established a detachment of its beleaguered Watchkeeper drones at the U.S. Army's Fort Bliss in New Mexico/Texas. Exercise Athena Eagle, as the detachment from the British ...

The production-standard Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle was flown in the U.K. for the first time April 14, using the Parc Aberporth UAV range. Delivery of the Thales-developed Watchkeeper system will ...

The surveillance platform for the United Kingdom’s Watchkeeper program is the Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Designated WK450 by the U.K. Ministry of Defence, this medium-size UAV can stay ...

Thales UK expects to launch flight trials using the British Army's Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle system from ParcAberporth in Wales later this year, but confirms that it has expanded the scope of ...

Britain's Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle reconnaissance system development continues with the award of a 317-million-pound ($559-million) contract for UAV airframe and ground-station procurement.

The Romanian MND, through CN Romtehnica, and Elbit Systems signed a framework contract on 20 December for up to seven Watchkeeper X UASs. (Elbit Systems) The Romanian Ministry of National Defence (MND ...

The British Army's Watchkeeper drone sits on the apron at Lydd Airport after a surveillance flight over the English Channel in September 2020 in Lydd, England. Romania signed an agreement for up to ...

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BUCHAREST, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Romania signed a deal on Tuesday to acquire seven Watchkeeper X unmanned aircraft systems from Israeli defence electronics firm Elbit Systems (ESLT.TA), opens new tab for ...