British UAVs

摘要

The British MoD selected a UAV package from Thales UK as the winner of its Watchkeeper UAV program in July 2004. The Watchkeeper employs the Elbit/Silver Arrow Hermes 450 UAV, redesignated as the WK450 in the British version. It entered service in early 2014, more than a three year delay. Britain has several long term UAV requirements which are likely to include a mini-UAV, an endurance UAV and one or more naval UAV systems. Britain has acquired the RQ-9 Reaper for its hunter-killer requirement.