Second Afghanistan campaign for Canadian Sperwer UAVs

Posted on: Apr. 27th, 2006 || Source: spacewar.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Since the beginning of March, the Canadian Forces' Sperwer CU161 UAVs have been used in the Kandahar region for the benefit of Afghanistan's operational forces. The first flights in their operational missions were carried out successfully, with excellent availability.

This is the second time the system has been deployed – it was used successfully in the country in 2003 and 2004 as part of international stabilization operations.

In this new deployment, the Sperwer CU161 UAVs operate daily for reconnaissance, information-gathering and real-time situation-awareness missions.

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