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Formation of Pterosaur UAVs soars in China

16th January 2015 - 06:00 GMT | by Daniel Tye in London

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A formation of Pterosaur UAVs has flown together in a 20-minute test flight for the first time.

Four Pterosaurs took off from an unnamed airfield in south-west China's Guizhou province as footage shot by the CCTV 13 news channel shows (below).

Successfully launching a ‘flock’ of UAVs indicates that the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group might be making good progress with sense and avoid technology.

The Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has been developing the Pterosaur to offer a capability similar to General Atomics’ Predator B – it even has a name beginning with the letter ‘P’ and looks the

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Daniel Tye is a former editor of Unmanned Vehicles and International Maritime & Port Security …

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