Legally stepping into civilian airspace: what may at first sight seem to be a contradiction, putting a pilot into an unmanned aircraft can make sense if an explanation is given. This is what Rheinmetall and Diamond aircraft have done at the recent Idex exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

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Legally stepping into civilian airspace: what may at first sight seem to be a contradiction, putting a pilot into an unmanned aircraft can make sense if an explanation is given. This is what Rheinmetall and Diamond aircraft have done at the recent Idex exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

Perhaps for the first time in open civilian airspace, Rheinmetall performed a morning and an afternoon drone flight over the skies of Idex, with anyone able to monitor the performance at the ground station within the exhibition grounds. Key to this performance is the Opale, described as an

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