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Universal UAV breezes flight tests

18th January 2016 - 11:12 GMT | by Richard Thomas in London

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The Universal UAV programme by Schweitzer Ingenieurgesellschaft performed its first test flights late last year, which are scheduled to continue in 2016.

Conducted under heavy skies and strong winds at an unnamed site in Germany the Universal UAV is designed to be capable of performance a range of surveillance and reconnaissance roles, including homeland security and infrastructure monitoring.

The UAV has an endurance of 10 hours at a maximum speed of up to 140kts. The typical operational altitude is from 1,000-20,000 ft.

‘The wind gusted up to 45% of the cruising speed of the UAV and landing was performed with

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