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Matt-100
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Forgive me, but I fail to see the rationale behind the project. Why spend £62 million retrofitting a Jetstream when you can get a Grey Eagle for about £5 million?

As the gentleman in the video says, the technology could be used for search and rescue (for example). But you can bet your bottom dollar it won’t be a stripped out Jetstreams doing the flying, it will be a purpose built UAV.