Police Aviation News December 2007

Police Aviation News December 2007 7
Quality. Weighting: 10.
Environmental. Weighting: 10.
The time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is set for 10am January 7 th
2008.
KENT: As BAE Systems was announcing the deployment of its HERTI UAV system into
an operational environment with the RAF in Afghanistan as one of the worlds first fully
autonomous unmanned air vehicles the police in Kent were among a group signing up to
the use of the same craft for future patrols over the English Channel.
In Afghanistan this summer the HERTI was
part of Project Morrigan, a joint initiative between
the RAF Air Warfare Centre and BAE
Systems. Launched in September 2006, it
aims to integrate HERTI UAV systems into
UK forces for a short period in order to develop
potential Tactics, Techniques & Procedures
for the integration of HERTI’s capabilities
into existing joint manned/unmanned
force structures.
HERTI has the ability to take off, complete a
full mission and land – all at the click of a
computer mouse and effectively removing the
need for an operator or pilot to control the aircraft
from the ground.
Initially a concept demonstrator, HERTI's first flight was achieved in December 2004 using
common systems, powerplants and ground stations with other BAE Systems UAV programmes.
METROPOLITAN: As briefly mentioned last month, the three Metropolitan Police
AS355N helicopters are now up for sale. At the end of October Regourd Aviation announced
it has been appointed as the exclusive resellers of the of helicopters.
They list the three VFR machines as:
c/n 5525 G-SEPA 13,800 hours 18,913 cycles.
c/n 5575 G-SEPB 11, 535 hours, 16,221 ctcles.
c/n 5594 G-SEPC 11,516 hours, 15,248 cycles.
For any information, contact Regourd Aviation via e-mail: acsales@regourd.com or phone:
+33 1 5367 7100.