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Italy Certifies AeroVironment’s Raven B For Airspace

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

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AeroVironment [AVAV] this week said that the Italian defense ministry has issued a Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate for the Raven B unmanned aircraft system (UAS), allowing Italian military personnel to fly Raven in Italy's national airspace. "Receiving this certification not only validates the Raven's battle-proven capability and reliability, but also represents an important step toward the operation of our small UAS in the national airspace of Italy, as well as in other NATO and European nations," Ike Bayraktar, the company's…

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