France successfully tested its first military UAV in Afghanistan

France successfully tested its first military UAV called SIDM (Système Intérimaire de Drone MALE) in Afghanistan – military’s favorite playground these days. This highly autonomous all-weather surveillance UAV is based on IAI Eagle-1 platform and can stay in the air for up to 24(!) hours at the altitudes 5-8km and recon in 1000km range.

2 Responses to “France successfully tested its first military UAV in Afghanistan”

1. Technology » Blog Archive » France Successfully Tested Its First Military Uav in Afghanistan … says:

   February 25, 2009 at 3:19 am

   […] I hope you will like it more. RoboStuff.com is no longer a personal blog – it is a website about everything robotic . And if you want to publish your own robotic projects or news here – you’re more then welcome. …More […]

   Log in to Reply
2. Russia admits it has no capabilities to develop drones | RoboStuff says:

   March 6, 2009 at 2:36 pm

   […] remains absolute leaders in the UAV development and no other countries are even close to them. Even new French drone is basically a copy of Heron-1. The BLA-05 “Tipchuck” show here doesn’t look like […]

   Log in to Reply