Thales Watchkeeper WK450 (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Thales Watchkeeper WK450" in English language version.

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archive.today

Chuter, Andrew (18 June 2014). "UK's Watchkeeper Fleet To Be Completed by End of Year". Defense News. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.

armyrecognition.com

France negotiates acquisition of Watchkeeper drones against purchase of VBCI armoured by UK - Armyrecognition.com, 20 February 2014

aviationweek.com

Michael A. Taverna (28 February 2011). "Watchkeeper Gets New Delivery Date". Aviation Week. Retrieved 5 March 2011.

bbc.co.uk

Vock, Ido (20 November 2024). "£500m defence cuts as ships, drones and helicopters scrapped". BBC News Online.
"MoD drone crashed into tree near Aberporth, report reveals". BBC News. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

defense-aerospace.com

"Racal Team Wins Sender UAV Programme Study". Defense-Aerospace.com. 6 June 2000.

defenseindustrydaily.com

"The UK's Watchkeeper ISTAR UAV". Retrieved 30 October 2010.

defensenews.com

Chuter, Andrew (18 June 2014). "UK's Watchkeeper Fleet To Be Completed by End of Year". Defense News. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.

elbitsystems.com

Major Subsidiaries. Elbit Systems. Retrieved 3 January 2009.

flightglobal.com

Stevenson, Beth (17 November 2014). "British Army praises performance of Watchkeeper during debut deployment". FlightGlobal.
DGA defends Patroller buy, discloses Reaper aspirations - Flightglobal.com, 11 February 2016
Watchkeeper fully operational in Afghanistan, UK reveals - Flightglobal.com, 29 September 2014

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Marom, Dror (16 February 2003). "Competitors join forces against Elbit-Racal bid for UK UAV contract". Globes.
Frisch, Felix (20 July 2004). "Elbit Systems to provide UAVs for UK Watchkeeper program". Globes (newspaper).
"Elbit to receive £300m share of UK Watchkeeper contract". Globes. 4 August 2005.
"Elbit-Thales joint venture U-TacS gets $500m order". Globes. 30 October 2005.
"Elbit Hermes makes first flight of large UAV in UK". Globes. 8 September 2005.
Yoshai, Michal (7 June 2007). "Elbit Systems unit wins British Army contract". Globes.
Barzilai, Amnon (21 February 2007). "British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan may use Elbit UAVs". Globes.

haaretz.com

"Elbit Systems U.K. Drone-camera Unit Shut by pro-Palestinian Protest". Haaretz. 19 February 2015.
Alon, Ido (11 February 2003). "Elbit and Thales Enter Final Phase of $1.3 Billion British Tender". Haaretz.
Blumenkrantz, Zohar (16 October 2008). "Rosh Pina Airport Shut for Drone Trials". Haaretz.

janes.com

Ripley, Tim (7 February 2019). "Watchkeeper achieves full operational capability". Jane's Defence Weekly. IHS. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
Ripley, Tim (21 March 2018). "UK Watchkeeper fails to achieve full operating capability milestone". Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. British Army sources said its sole Watchkeeper unit, 47 Regiment Royal Artillery based at Larkhill on Salisbury Plain, "continues to train and carry out exercises with Watchkeeper".
Jennings, Gareth (21 November 2024). "UK to scrap Watchkeeper as cost-saving measure". Janes. IHS. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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"Watchkeeper". army.mod.uk. 28 August 2020.
"Newest eye in the sky Watchkeeper cleared to fly". Retrieved 5 March 2014.

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Quin, Jeremy (11 July 2022). "Question for Ministry of Defence (UIN 31030) – Watchkeeper WK450". UK Parliament. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

telegraph.co.uk

Corfield, Gareth (31 July 2023). "'Seriously concerning': The drone crash that has brought Army technology into question". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

thalesgroup.com

WATCHKEEPER makes first UK flight. Thales. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

thebureauinvestigates.com

Army moves Watchkeeper drone training to tropics for winter after flying problems in UK weather - Thebureauinvestigates.com, 11 December 2015

theguardian.com

Alice Ross and Jack Serle (2 October 2015). "UK's £1.2bn bill for drone that's seen 146 hours of active duty". The Guardian.
Doward, Jamie (26 December 2020). "British military Watchkeeper drone crashes during Cyprus training flight". The Guardian.

theregister.co.uk

Corfield, Gareth (29 November 2017). "Watchkeeper drones cost taxpayers £1bn". The Register. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
Lewis Page (2 March 2011). "Blighty's expensive Watchkeeper spy-drone in further delays". The Register. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
Lewis Page (15 June 2007). "UK MoD reveals Watchkeeper spy-drone numbers". The Register. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
Corfield, Gareth (1 November 2017). "Two drones, two crashes in two months: MoD still won't say why". The Register. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
Corfield, Gareth (15 April 2019). "Brit Watchkeeper drone fell in the sea because blocked sensor made algorithms flip out". The Register. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
Corfield, Gareth (14 June 2018). "... Aaaand that's a fifth Brit Army Watchkeeper drone to crash in Wales". The Register. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

theyworkforyou.com

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

Allison, George (20 November 2024). "Britain to retire fleet of Watchkeeper drones". UK Defence Journal. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

web.archive.org

Ripley, Tim (7 February 2019). "Watchkeeper achieves full operational capability". Jane's Defence Weekly. IHS. Archived from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
Ripley, Tim (21 March 2018). "UK Watchkeeper fails to achieve full operating capability milestone". Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018. British Army sources said its sole Watchkeeper unit, 47 Regiment Royal Artillery based at Larkhill on Salisbury Plain, "continues to train and carry out exercises with Watchkeeper".
WATCHKEEPER makes first UK flight. Thales. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.