Le troublé, extrêmement coûteux de quart, projet destiné à l'approvisionnement en avions de surveillance sans pilote à l'Artillerie royale se heurte à de nouveaux retards techniques. Le premier robot spyplanes devraient avoir été livrés en février - 8 mois plus tard que le contrat initial demandé - mais ils vont arriver maintenant Òtoward yearÕs endÓ. La Semaine de l'aviation rapports  <http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story channel.jsp ?channel =defense&id =news/asd/2011/02/28/14.xml > sur le nouveau dérapage dans WatchkeeperÕs date de livraison, qui a été révélé par des cadres de l'entrepreneur Thales au cours d'une discussion de la compa

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The troubled, extremely expensive Watchkeeper project intended to supply unmanned surveillance aircraft to the Royal Artillery has hit further technical delays. The first robot spyplanes should have been delivered in February - eight months later than the original contract called for - but they will now arrive Òtoward yearÕs endÓ. Aviation Week reports <http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/asd/2011/02/28/14.xml> on the new slippage in WatchkeeperÕs delivery date, which was revealed by executives from contractor Thales during a discussion of the companyÕs 2010 performance. According to Av Week the Thales execs claimed that the new difficulties had previously been revealed Òin a report issued by BritainÕs National Audit Office and have now been resolvedÓ. However, the last NAO report to mention Watchkeeper, the 2010 Defence Major Projects Report issued last October, lists the WatchkeeperÕs in-service date as February 2011 - noting that this represents a further two-month day from the previous yearÕs forecast (when the project began in 2005 it was planned that the first aircraft would be delivered last June). According to the NAO, the Watchkeeper problems result from Òtechnical difficultiesÓ. The audit office noted that almost every area of the project seemed to be in trouble, saying Òthe Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle has the most lines of development assessed as ÔAt riskÕ (six, with only Doctrine and Organisation assessed as ÔTo be metÕ)Ó. Watchkeeper is currently forecast to cost the Ministry of Defence £889m for 54 aircraft, putting each aircraft at £16.5m or approximately $27m at todayÕs rates. It is based on the Israeli Hermes 450 unmanned aircraft which is already in service with the British Army

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