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Alenia Aeronautica’s Sky-Y Completes First Tests In Italy

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Friday, April 3rd, 2009

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Finmeccanica's Alenia Aeronautica recently announced its unmanned technology demonstrator, Sky-Y, has completed in March its first series of tests in Italy after five missions. ENAC, Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile (National Agency for the Civil Aviation), granted a permit to fly to Sky-Y for the Italian missions. Including the tests in Italy, Sky-Y accumulated three test phases, two in Sweden and one in Italy. Sky-Y is the only European-made unmanned vehicle to make flight tests and the only one equipped…

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