# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 20 April 2010 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | National |
| Language | Spanish |
| Terms matched | aeronaves sin piloto; UAV; mini UAV |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | El País |
| Title | La Armada compra aviones sin piloto contra los piratas |
| Dateline | Madrid — 20 April 2010 |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://elpais.com/diario/2010/04/20/espana/1271714418_850215.html |
| Archive URL | — |
| Dedup key | 2010-04-20|el-pais|armada-scaneagle-piracy |
| Source grade | B1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — B1]** El País reported that the Spanish Navy planned to deploy unmanned aircraft (UAV) that summer on Indian Ocean ships against piracy. The Navy had eight million euros through year-end to lease three complete systems with a purchase option. UAV use would cut embarked-helicopter hours and allow discreet watch on suspected motherships, Navy sources said. Indra had developed Pelícano, a rotary-wing naval UAV prototype, but given time and budget the Navy leaned toward Boeing's ScanEagle: a fixed-wing mini-UAV 1.2 m long and 3 m wide, able to fly to 5,000 m with up to 48 hours' endurance.

**Kinematic object.** Boeing ScanEagle (Navy preference); Indra Pelícano rotary-wing prototype.

**Coverage frame.** military / industry

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original: El País national Spain desk with Armada sources on a leasing choice.
- Wire reprint status: Not a wire reprint.
- What was excluded: the March UNVEX Pelícano civil piece (separate identity).

## LRRK relevance

Watch / Passport. A Watch desk would have recorded a European navy choosing a US mini-UAV lease over a domestic rotary prototype for a counter-piracy deployment.

*LRRK — security assurance for systems that sense, move, and act.*

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