Watchkeeper Accidents Highlight Safety Concerns

Credit: Watchkeeper: Andrew Linnett
LONDON—The head of Britain’s Defense Safety Authority has called on the defense ministry to make better use of simulation to train unmanned air vehicle crews after a spate of accidents involving Thales’ Watchkeeper system. Accident reports into the loss of two Watchkeepers during flights in West...

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