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Thales’s Watchkeeper receives Statement of Type Design Assurance from the UK MAA.
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| Thales’s Watchkeeper receives Statement of Type Design Assurance from the UK MAA | |||
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MAA’s STDA provides assurance that the Watchkeeper air vehicle and
software has reached an acceptable level for design safety and integrity
to meet the current stage of the system’s development. It is a key
component of the process that allows the UK’s Ministry of Defence
(MOD) to continue towards the initial Release To Service (RTS). |
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Video of Thales Watchkeeper over West Wales (video credit: Thales UK) |
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| Watchkeeper is the first UAS to receive such an STDA from the MAA, and represents a major step forward for the acceptance of UAS s in the airspace environment. This underpins military flying globally in appropriate airspace. "The issue
of a Statement of Type Design Assurance from the MAA is a major milestone
for the Watchkeeper programme, and a first for a UAS programme in the
UK ” said Eddie Awang, Vice President of Intelligence, Surveillance
& Reconnaissance at Thales UK. “ It is the result of close
collaboration between the MOD and Thales UK, and the culmination of
a significant amount of work to build a comprehensive safety case ” |
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