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The Thales Watchkeeper WK450 is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) used by the British Army. It was developed by UAV Tactical Systems (U-TacS), a joint venture of Elbit Systems UK and Thales UK, and is based on Elbit's Hermes 450. [2]
A Watchkeeper X (WK X) at Royal International Air Tattoo 2022. The Watchkeeper X is a high-performance, tactical, unmanned aircraft system developed by Thales and Elbit. It is the export variant of the Thales Watchkeeper WK450, derived from the Hermes 450. The drone was first unveiled in 2015 at the DSEI 2015 exhibition in London.
The Thales Watchkeeper WK450 is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for all weather, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) used by the British Army. [1] The Watchkeeper fleet will be retired from service by March 2025. [2] 47th Regiment Royal Artillery is the sole operator of the Thales Watchkeeper WK450. [3]
Thales Watchkeeper WK450 first flight in the UK, took off from ParcAberporth on 15th April 2010. In 1940, Ministry of Supply's Projectile Development Establishment at Fort Halstead became vulnerable to enemy action and Germans knew about the rocket development there, so the organization was evacuated to RAE Aberporth.
Its subsidiary 'Elbit Systems UK Ltd.' was incorporated on September 24, 2004, as a holding company for Elbit's activities in the United Kingdom. [83] The company was incorporated after Elbit and French company Thales Group won a tender (code-named "Watchkeeper program") to supply the British Army with unmanned aerial vehicles. [84]
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The regiment is the sole operator of the Thales Watchkeeper WK450 UAS. [7] By March 2025, the regiment's fleet of Watchkeeper drones will be retired from service. The Army is expected to replace the Watchkeeper with a more advanced drone system. [8] [9]
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