Surrogate UAV prepares for maiden flight 22.06.12

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Published on June 25, 2012 1:17:32 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDsL1gyQs4U

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A plane that can be flown without pilots or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as they are commonly known are not new -- they have been used out in theatre for the last ten years.

However up in Lancashire, ground-breaking technology project costing £62 million pounds is taking place to develop the UAV even further.

A BAE Systems airliner known as 'The Flying Test Bed', is undergoing a series of flight trials that will test it's ability to avoid weather systems, sense and avoid other aircraft and deliver an emergency landing.