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UAV flights for humanitarian missions

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The interest for UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, by NGOs and aid agencies is growing more and more, in particular for the possible employment of these aircraft in the humanitarian crisis theaters. Aid operation officials, together with UAV sector experts, caution that the major use of this technology in the military field (which today could be engaged in humanitarian missions) could raise doubts...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1080261
Rome, Italy, 10/04/2007 17:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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