Eagle flies in Neat. (Digest).

The North European Aerospace Test range (Neat) in Northwest Sweden consists of two individual air restriction areas of more than 5000 sq/km each that can be temporarily linked together to form a 360 by 100 km path for testing and operations. Primarily used for testing, training and operation of UAVs and space systems (e.g. RLV re-entry tests), the Esrange portion of the Neat, near the town of Kiruna, played host to the Israel Aircraft Industries/Eads Eagle (photo) in early Summer 2002 during the country's UAV 2002 testing programme. The project is aimed at assessing whether Sweden has a requirement for UAVs in its national defence programme. (Armada/JK)

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