Kuwait: Interior Ministry, Patroller and UAVs
Posted on: Tue, Jul 09, 2013

The Kuwaiti Interior Ministry is said to have set up a special team to follow some types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The following 282-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the types which the team should follow and of which companies. It also tells what about the Patroller UAV of Sagem.

http://www.tacticalreport.com/view_n..._and_UAVs/3445

The Patroller is an unmanned air vehicle, designed and manufactured jointly by SAGEM and Stemme. It is based on the Stemme S-15 motor-glider. The first flight was in June 2009 at Kemijarvi in Finland; it was shown at the 2009 Paris Airshow.

It completed another series of flight tests in July 2010, which demonstrated it is capable of missions lasting 20–30 hours; it can carry a 250 kg payload (including 80 kg under each wing). [2] The Patroller will carry out imaging and surveillance trials in southern France, detecting forest fires.

Several variants are offered:

Patroller R, used for ground surveillance;
Patroller M, for maritime surveillance;
Patroller S, for homeland security.

The Patroller uses the same ground control station as Sperwer II. A Ku-band datalink is used; range is limited to 200 km