France: Successful first flight of high-speed UAV demonstrator CARAPAS

Source URL: http://www.eads.net/web/lang/en/1024/content/OF00000000400004/8/39/40975398.html
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EADS Military Aircraft has just staged the successful first flight of the high-speed UAV demonstrator CARAPAS (CApacité drone RAPide AntileurreS) at the Biscarrosse missile test centre (CELM) in France.

The aim of the flight was to check the system functions, the operating procedures and the technical installations at CELM. This marks the start of a flight test campaign scheduled to last until the end of 2005.

"This first flight is a real success when one considers the technical challenge that had to be overcome and the extremely tight schedule needed to implement such a demonstration programme," stated Patrick Oswald, Director of the Tactical Drone Programme at EADS Military Aircraft.

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