World Surveillance Group Inc (fka WSGI)

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Border UAV crashes on duty

One of Sanswire/Raytheon's competitors in aerial platform/surveillance systems for homeland security crashed yesterday while on duty. Article is below, but from personal study have read first hand accounts by experienced pilots operating the predators that they are some of the most difficult airships to land. -pete

http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4816527&nav=HMO6

Posted April 25, 2006 11:45 AM MST

News 4 has learned that an un-manned air vehicle belonging to the Border Patrol has gone down.

An agent says it happened between midnight and 6 Tuesday morning while it was patrolling the Arizona/Mexico border.

It crashed on Morning Star Ranch, a remote area about 10 miles east of Interstate 19.

The aircraft was the only UAV the Border Patrol owned. It had just been unveiled in September of last year.

Agents say the UAV was extensively damaged. The aircraft itself was worth 10 million dollars.

A News 4 crew is heading out to the crash site. We'll bring you the latest details as they become available.

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To review craft specifics go here:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/predator/