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Euronaval 2018: Hero prepares for flight trials from Italian FREMM

24th October 2018 - 14:02 GMT | by Richard Thomas in Paris

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Leonardo’s AWHero VTOL UAV will begin flight trials off of an Italian Navy FREMM frigate early next year, as preparations continue for its participation in the OCEAN2020 demonstrations, which are due to begin in the Mediterranean Sea in October 2019.

An upgraded model of Hero will also perform its first flight test later this year, as production of the second aircraft is due to be completed by the end of November.

In total, as well as the first prototype platform being used for trials, eight more aircraft are either planned for or in production.

The configuration that Hero will

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