Le réchauffement climatique, les ressources minières de l’Arctique, la voie de navigation maritime du NW dans l’arctique canadien exigent une surveillance accrue.
Sources :
http://www.uasvision.com/2013/05/02/canada-wants-uas-to-supply-arctic-missions/
defense-update.com/20130503_iais-heron-will-compete-in-canada-for-arctic-missions.html
Canada’s military wants its next unmanned aircraft system to be capable of dropping search-and-rescue supplies in the Arctic and in other areas as it looks to expand UAS roles into activities formerly conducted by manned platforms.
Canada plans to spend between CAN $1 billion (US $998 million) and $1.5 billion on a new fleet of UAS.
The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Heron unmanned air system (UAS), General Atomics (GA‑ASI) Reaper and Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 are among three platforms eyed for a Canadian tender to supply an advanced system for operation in the Arctic. i-hls reports