Surfing the micro-wave: by the time these lines are written, printed and read the Paris Air Show, with its endless flood of announcements on man-less vehicles, will have lived and gone and will be reported in the next issue of Armada. However, as a prelude to the French great aeronautical biennial service, an event of comparatively minor importance took place in Paris, namely the UVS International symposium.

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Surfing the micro-wave: by the time these lines are written, printed and read the Paris Air Show, with its endless flood of announcements on man-less vehicles, will have lived and gone and will be reported in the next issue of Armada. However, as a prelude to the French great aeronautical biennial service, an event of comparatively minor importance took place in Paris, namely the UVS International symposium.

Use of the word 'minor' was made in the introductory paragraph. Indeed, while this might sound inappropriate in terms of impact, it still is valid in terms of scale. But just for how long? Real breakthroughs were announced in the field of drones before the great 'Le Bourget Salon', like long-awaited live demonstrations of drones in the Napoleonic skies, but how...

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