Paris Air Show: Orbiter 1K fully operational by year end
Fresh from Aeronautics’ unveiling of the Orbiter 1K UAV, company officials expect that the system would be fully operational by the end of the year.
Describing the Orbiter 1K as a ‘priority’ at the Paris Air Show, Dany Eshchar, deputy CEO for marketing and sales at Aeuronautics, said the system was undergoing the final stage of testing.
‘Small UAVs are effective because they don’t need a big array [of support]. The 1K is unlike any other in that it can return to the operator with a disarmed warhead, and in today’s conflicts you want to have the option of
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