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Safran Group To Design French Datalink System For UAVs

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Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

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SAFRAN Group recently said the French defense procurement agency DGA has chosen Sagem over a field of competing companies to design the datalink system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). According to the terms of the contract--dubbed Lido, French acronym for Drone Data Link--Sagem will define all data links intended for future UAV systems: line-of-site and satellite links needed for both air vehicle control and operating the onboard sensors. The contract will apply to all future UAV systems, whether tactical, operative,…

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