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English: A soldier of Bravo Company, 1 Rifles launches a Desert Hawk UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) from a WMIK Landrover during an operation near Garmsir, Afghanistan.

Desert Hawk is a portable UAV surveillance system which provides aerial video reconnaissance. It has a flight time of approximately one hour, and can fly anywhere within a 10km radius of its ground control station. It has both day and night time (thermal imaging) capability. The equipment can be used for a variety of tasks, such as force protection for convoys and patrols, route clearance, base security, reconnaissance or target tracking.

  • Organization: Royal Navy
  • Object Name: SH09_0059_180
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental Categories: Aircraft, UAV, Equipment, Remotely Piloted, Desert Hawk, Operations, Theatres, Afghanistan
  • Keywords: Desert Hawk, Unmanned, Aircraft, Equipment, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UAV, 1 Rifles, Army, Personnel, Soldier, Operator, Launching, WMIK, Landrover, Land Rover, Vehicle
  • Country: Afghanistan
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Author POA(Phot) Dave Husbands
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