Aircraft
Mantis To Return To the Air
The BAE Systems Mantis is at Warton, being checked before  a return to flight planned for early next year. (Photo: BAE Systems)
The BAE Systems Mantis is at Warton, being checked before a return to flight planned for early next year. (Photo: BAE Systems)

BAE Systems announced this week that its Mantis Male (medium-altitude, long-endurance) unmanned technology demonstrator is to fly again, starting next year. The UAV first flew on Oct. 21, 2009, and undertook a short and successful flight trials campaign from the remote Woomera base in South Australia. The vehicle returned to BAE Systems Warton and has been laid up since.

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