Drones

Mini-UAV for Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Battlefield

The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has selected the Spy’Ranger mini surveillance and reconnaissance UAV to equip the French forces.

Up to 70 mini-UAV reconnaissance systems (SMDR) will be made available from 2018. Each system consists of three mini-UAVs, a ground segment and the associated technical support.

The Spy’Ranger, manufactured by Thales, is able to be operated in a standalone mode or connected to a C4I system. The Spy’Ranger is specifically tailored to the needs of the armed forces, as well as to those of essential operators, according to Thales’s website.

Starting in 2018, Thales will provide French forces up to 210 mini reconnaissance UAVs.

The Armed forces require real-time access to ever more reliable imagery. Spy’Ranger will provide them with a decisive tactical advantage by offering the capacity to observe day or night, for long periods of time and at a distance of up to 30 km.