Canada : France gets 6 UAVs from Canada, eyes more.Byline: kusumv03 France has taken delivery of six unmanned air vehicles from Canada. French Defense Ministry spokesman Laurent Teisseire said experts were "verifying the conditions of the six UAV UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV Unmanned Air Vehicle UAV Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle UAV Unmanned Airborne Vehicle UAV Uninhabited Air Vehicle UAV Urban Assault Vehicle UAV Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle (less common) Sperwers bought from Canada to assess their operating conditions," Avionews reported. France is already using four of these aircraft in operations in Afghanistan. Teisseire also acknowledged that France was in talks for the purchase of a fourth SIDM SIDM self-interacting dark matter (physics) SIDM Serial Impact Dot Matrix Printer SIDM Sprint In-touch Desktop Manager interim medium altitude long-endurance UAV. "We are in the process of buying a fourth SIDM," Teisseire told French media. Three of the French Air Force's SIDMs are built by EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study . One of the aircraft was damaged while flying in Afghanistan earlier this year. It is currently undergoing maintenance operations in Mont de Marsan in central France, and expected to be back into service in 2010 with the induction of the new UAV. The Air Force calls the SIDM "Harfang," or "Snow Owl." France's fourth SIDM is also expected to be deployed by next year and used for training. As for the UAVs, Teisseire told French media that the purchase of six SDTI SDTI Serial Data Transport Interface SDTI Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. SDTI San Diego Trolley Inc. SDTI Serial Digital Transport Protocol from Canada had been completed. "They are already on the ground," he was quoted as saying by Defense News. The report said Safran group's Sagem had delivered 18 Sperwer aircraft and four launch systems in 2004, and additional three more were ordered in June. The French defense spokesman also did not deny that France was in negotiations to purchase Reaper reaper, early farm machine drawn by draft animals or tractor and used to harvest grain. Its historical predecessors were the sickle and the cradle scythe, which are still used in some parts of the world. UAVs from General Atomics General Atomics is a nuclear physics and defense contractor headquartered in San Diego, California. Among other things, it is the manufacturer of the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). , a U.S. based company specializing in harnessing the power of nuclear technologies and development of remotely operated surveillance aircraft, airborne sensors and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies. "All options are being studied for acquisition of medium-altitude, long-endurance UAVs beyond 2015," Teisseire said. The French services are gathering information from operating the existing UAV fleet and will capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the lessons learned, Teisseire said, according to Defense News. For the MALE segment, it added, Thales and Dassault Aviation have joined forces with Indra to offer "the SDM SDM - Schematic Data Model , based on the Heron TP from Israel Aircraft Industries, while EADS has completed a risk reduction study on the Talarion, a jet-powered UAV."It is estimated that France's development share for Talarion will be about $672 million. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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