Leonardo’s Falco Xplorer UAV Makes First Flight – AIN

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Nice UAV

Sweet! I hope it is as good as they are thinking it will be. It is good to see competition. And to be a surveillance only platform will allow it a big market. From a business perspective this is good. However from a privacy position it is just another nail in the coffin of any resemblance of privacy anywhere.

Just hoping it can launch some big beautiful Hellfires in the Mideast. Boom!!!

Hope to see this on the shelf at Best Buy sometime soon.

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You know you put enough of these in the sky 1 becouce they are cheaper to make and not maned, and it doesnt matter how fast your jet fighters are you will just be overwhelmed. fet fighters are on there arse. These are the future and pilots training will not have to be as intence. The world is chageing and so are the skys.

pretty nice but i have two questions first is at walmart and second how much

Turks uav Anka copy

What's the point without missiles! Maybe just a start to sell! Nice though, at least it's all Italian, unlike some countries who need to buy enginees and parts from other countries!

STOLE THE DESIGN FROM THE USA.

Italy cannot have armed drones and beyond. This because lost the WW2.

Io mi domando perché uscire con 20 anni di ritardo con un drone che è la copia del predator. Leonardo Finmeccanica fa sempre così. Arriva dopo con prodotti che sono vecchi e sotto performanti rispetto alla concorrenza e non vende, alla fine lo venderà solo all'Italia e qualche staterello che non può comprare il predator.
Stesso discorso per il futuro AW249 e il suo predecessore Mangusta. Quando si progetta, visto che ci vogliono anni, bisogna pensare a cosa potrà essere il futuro. Ora se le caratteristiche del prossimo AW249 sono quelle dichiarate avremo di nuovo un prodotto concettualmente vecchio.

Dovete fare i droni kamikaze se volete fare soldi.