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The Patroller is an unmanned air vehicle, designed and manufactured jointly by SAGEM and Stemme. It is based on the Stemme S-15 motor-glider. The first flight was in June 2009 at Kemijarvi in Finland; it was shown at the 2009 Paris Air Show.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patroller MALE Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), France )〕 The Patroller is a Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE) by the definition of the NATO.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NATO - Joint Air Power Competence Centre )〕 It completed another series of flight tests in July 2010, which demonstrated it is capable of missions lasting 20–30 hours; it can carry a 250 kg payload (including 80 kg under each wing). The Patroller will carry out imaging and surveillance trials in southern France, detecting forest fires.〔(【引用サイトリンク】date=12 August 2010 )〕 Several variants are offered: * Patroller R, used for ground surveillance; * Patroller M, for maritime surveillance; * Patroller S, for homeland security. The Patroller uses the same ground control station as Sperwer II. A Ku-band datalink is used; range is limited to 200 km (line of sight).〔 SAGEM and Egyptian aircraft factory AOI have signed a collaboration agreement concerning the Patroller UAV. AOI-Aircraft Factory could handle final assembly of the drones and will develop a dedicated training center in Egypt to train staff for the operation and maintenance of the drone systems. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SAGEM Patroller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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