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Dubai 09: Further details on Mantis emerge

16th November 2009 - 14:45 GMT | by Darren Lake in Dubai

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Andy Wilson, BAE Systems' business development director for autonomous systems, has revealed further details of the first flight of the UK's Mantis MALE UAV, which is believed to have occurred on 21 October.

Wilson also gave journalists a first view of flight footage from the trials.

'Mantis completed its first set of flight trials last weekend,' Wilson said on 15 November. 'A lot of the programme is still sensitive so the [UK] Ministry of Defence is phasing the release of information on the project,' he added.

The maiden flight of the UAV is several months after when the company originally

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