Milipol Asia 2017: Spy’Ranger debuts in Southeast Asia
Thales hopes the Spy'Ranger mini-UAV will see success in Asia-Pacific, following an order by the French DGA in January. The French electronics giant showcased it for the first time in Southeast Asia at the Milipol Asia-Pacific exhibition in Singapore.
Marc Bour, Thales' land optronic demonstrator and UAV operator trainer, said the Spy'Ranger's winning formula against its competitor is its payload.
'It is the only mini-UAV in the market to live-stream high-definition images in both day and night (infrared) conditions, as well as automatic detection, video tracking, geo-pointing and encrypted data link,' he said. Geo-pointing is a function to command a
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