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Qinetiq on a quest to expand unmanned airspace

29th March 2016 - 14:20 GMT | by Beth Maundrill in London

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Qinetiq is looking to expand the use of UAVs across the UK following a successful proof of concept of its unmanned services in Snowdonia, Wales.

The company recently conducted two demonstration flights of a C-Astral UAV across two scenarios, including the use of UAVs in fisheries protection and in managing the threat to the Welsh coast from flooding and coastal erosion.

‘One of the motivations for the recent demonstration was to showcase that capability but also to start showing unmanned systems are not just about military capability,' explained Jeremy Howitt, Unmanned Services Campaign Manager at Qinetiq.

'There are actually a

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Beth is Deputy Editor - Land at Shephard Media, managing coverage across all formats of …

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