Heron TP Drone Long-range Flight
Sector: Airport • Location: Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Source: IEEE Spectrum
A Heron TP drone, customized by engineers at Airbus, completed a 470-km round trip flight from Jagel Air Base in Germany to Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. This flight is part of a project to test the integration of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) into civilian airspace, demonstrating their ability to coexist with commercial aviation.
- Status
- Closed
- Sector
- Airport, Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Commercial, Government
- Location
- Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- IEEE Spectrum
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Description | A Heron TP drone, customized by engineers at Airbus, completed a 470-km round trip flight from Jagel Air Base in Germany to Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. This flight is part of a project to test the integration of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) into civilian airspace, demonstrating their ability to coexist with commercial aviation. |
Original sector | Aerospace |
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Country | Germany |
State | Schleswig-Holstein |
City | Jagel |
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Sector | Airport, Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Commercial, Government |
Article published date | 2025-03-01 |
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