First UAV Flies In U.K. Nonsegregated Airspace

Credit: Watchkeeper: Thales
LONDON – A Thales Watchkeeper UAV has become the first unmanned system to be operated in U.K. nonsegregated, controlled airspace. The Watchkeeper, flown by a Thales crew, spent 1 hr. in controlled airspace over West Wales on Sept. 30 monitored by air traffic controllers at Swanwick, near Southampton...

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