Watchkeeper nears interim release to service
A senior British Army officer has revealed that the WK450 Watchkeeper UAS will receive an Interim Release to Service (IRTS) 'in the next quarter'.
The news would signal a significant first step towards a potential deployment to Afghanistan although MoD officials admitted that no decisions had yet been made.
The IRTS would allow the army to begin operating the aircraft from MoD Boscombe Down in Wiltshire, UK.
‘We have very high confidence the IRTS- military people flying Watchkeeper from Boscombe Down- will happen in the next quarter,’ Lt Col Craig Palmer told Shephard at a media briefing at RAF Waddington.
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