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Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi: European flight safety system for drone aircraft tested with success in Italy

Turin, Italy - Ten years after the first flight of the Sky-X

Ten years after the first flight of the Alenia Aermacchi Sky-X, the first European UAV over one tonne class, thanks to a series of tests performed in Italy and, an important step forward has been achieved for the future operations of the unmanned aerial systems in the civil air zone. Currently confined to operational theatres, test areas or "Corridors" completely separated from airspace reserved...

fra/pec - 1168848
Rome, Italy, 06/04/2015 10:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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