Photos: Defence's remotely piloted aircraft

May 3, 2011

The Department of Defence's unmanned Heron Aircraft spent 475 hours in the air over Afghanistan in April, logging more than 4,600 total flight hours since operations began in January 2010.

  An Australian Heron RPA comes in to land as a United States C-130 Hercules makes its way up the Kandahar Airfield taxiway. The Heron has a wingspan of 16.6 metres, a length of 8.5 metres and a maximum take-off weight of more than one tonne. Credit: Department of Defence.  
 

An Australian Heron RPA comes in to land as a United States C-130 Hercules makes its way up the Kandahar Airfield taxiway. The Heron has a wingspan of 16.6 metres, a length of 8.5 metres and a maximum take-off weight of more than one tonne. Credit: Department of Defence.

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