Clare Airspace Closed for Military Drone Test
Clare Airspace Closed for Military Drone Test. STANAG SLP 3333 English. Reading comprehension, vocabulary building.
Source: "Airspace off Clare to be closed to test high-tech military spec drones"
A-techsyn is a firm that manufacturers the unmanned aircraft at their factory in Shannon Co Clare and are testing drones for the Naval Service and ecological studies.
Vocabulary focus
- high-tech drones
- specialist drug interdiction
- military equipment
- granted special permission
- off the coast.
- unmanned aircraft
- Irish Aviation Authority
- a large swath of airspace
- up to 2,500 feet
- to exhibit at an event
- military grade equipment
- Naval Service, Irish Navy
- a surveillance capability
- to monitor drug traffickers
- in partnership with
- high-tech solution
- a ship to be in the area
- to surveil a location.
- stay at an undetected distance
- watch the suspect vessel.
- to surveil disaster sites
- deployed with military personnel
- aid agencies.
- ecological studies
- ahead of the construction of
- massive off-shore wind farms.
- the potential to reduce the number of
- site-based personnel
- weather downtime
- areas inaccessible by traditional methods
- airspace closure states
- temporary restricted area
- blocks flights in the area
- .. except for emergency services
- to be in control of the airspace.
- a 4.5 metre wing span
- vertically take off and land.
- adjacent to
- helicopter flights in and out of
- has liaised with
- to ensure safety is maintained.
- in control of the airspace
- suspend (our) flights
- safety and risk mitigation
- reach altitudes of 18,000 feet
- the seaside resort town of
- testing subsurface drones
- military monitoring and surveillance
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