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Safran works to correct Patroller UAV after December crash

S3 · 12/2019 · Safran

Record

CompanySafran
Categorydefense space
Typecrash
Date12/2019
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceFlightGlobal

What happened

Safran's Patroller unmanned aerial system crashed in December 2019; Safran subsequently worked on corrective actions before French army acceptance testing resumed.

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