Unmanned Air Vehicles

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Thursday 24th January 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

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Lord Robathan Portrait Mr Robathan
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The Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is not flown in the UK nor have there been any crashes in the UK.

Since 2007 there have been 11 Hermes 450 crashes in Afghanistan.

An end-to-end review for army unmanned aerial systems training has recently been conducted which reported at the end of September 2012. As a result, several changes have already been made to unmanned aerial systems training to increase airmanship standards in a number of areas, with further improvements to follow.

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Lord Robathan Portrait Mr Robathan
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The Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is not flown in the UK nor have there been any crashes in the UK.

Since 2007 there have been eight Hermes 450 crashes in Afghanistan.

An end-to-end review for army unmanned aerial systems training has recently been conducted which reported at the end of September 2012. As a result, several changes have already been made to unmanned aerial systems training to increase airmanship standards in a number of areas, with further improvements to follow.