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Sperwer
	Sperwer B on its launch rail
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft/UAV
Manufacturer	SAGEM
Primary users	French Army; Canadian Armed Forces (Retired)

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The SAGEM Sperwer (Pronounced Spehr-wuhr, Dutch for Sparrowhawk) is an unmanned aerial vehicle manufactured by the French firm SAGEM. The aircraft is piloted remotely and can cruise at altitudes of over 16,000 feet for as long as five hours. It can send back images of targets up to 150 kilometers away from its ground control station.

Operational history[edit]

The Sperwer is currently in service with the French Army (61^e régiment d'artillerie), the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Swedish Air Force, United States Air National Guard, Hellenic Army (Greece) with the Netherlands in the process of removing them from front line use.

Canadian Armed Forces operated the Sperwer in Afghanistan between 2003 and its last mission on 18 April 2009 when it was replaced with the Israeli built IAI Heron.^[1]

The Royal Danish Army also bought Sperwer, but a series of problems forced the Ministry of Defence to cancel the programme and sell the remainder to Canada. As well the Danish Army no longer operate any aircraft and there are no plans for UAVs by the Royal Danish Air Force. Canada itself removed the Sperwers from front-line use in 2009, while the Netherlands was planning to phase its Sperwer drones out of front line use in March 2009 in favor of rented UAVs from Israel's Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd.

Operators[edit]

Canada: Canadian Armed Forces. Designated CU-161 in service; retired.
Denmark: Danish Army. Programme cancelled.
France: French Army. In service with three more ordered and an option on another five, all with enhanced sensors.^[2]
Greece: Hellenic Army. In service.
Netherlands: Royal Netherlands Air Force. Retired.
Sweden: Swedish Army. Designated UAV01 Ugglan (the Owl) in service; retired.
United States: Air National Guard.^{[citation needed]}

Aircraft on display[edit]

Six of the retired Sperwers can be found in Canadian museums:^[3]

AirForce Museum Society of Alberta – serial number 026^[4]
Canada Aviation and Space Museum – serial number 001^[5]
National Air Force Museum of Canada – serial number 007^[6]
Greenwood Military Aviation Museum − 161026 and spare parts from 028^[7]

Two of the retired Sperwers can be found in Dutch museums:

Nationaal Militair Museum, former Soesterberg Air Base Netherlands - serial number Z061^[8]
Artillery Museum, Netherlands - serial number Z051 ^[9]

References[edit]

^ COPA Flight 8 (June 2009). "Canadian Forces Briefing on UAVs". Retrieved 30 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ French Army to procure more Sperwer drones from Sagem
^ "Canada Aviation and Space Museum". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
^ "AirForce Museum Society of Alberta". Facebook. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
^ "Transcript and Help | Canadian Army | National Defence and the Canadian Forces". 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ Pitre, Jean-Guy (September 2010). "Sperwer Photo". Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
^ "Sperwer". Greenwood Military Aviation Museum. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^ "Onbemand verkenningsvliegtuig Short Range Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SRTUAV) SAGEM Sperwer V60303 AV-061 registratie Z061 bijnaam 'Anjing Nica'". Nationaal Militair Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 September 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Nieuwe aanwinst voor het artilleriemuseum". Botter courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 October 2018.

External links[edit]

Sperwer Update
UAV payload applications
Defense Industry Daily - Dutch to Rent Israeli UAVs for Afghanistan
Defense Industry Daily - Canada Contracts for Heron UAVs

[Flt8-1] COPA Flight 8 (June 2009). "Canadian Forces Briefing on UAVs". Retrieved 30 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] French Army to procure more Sperwer drones from Sagem

[3] "Canada Aviation and Space Museum". Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

[4] "AirForce Museum Society of Alberta". Facebook. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

[5] "Transcript and Help | Canadian Army | National Defence and the Canadian Forces". 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[AirForceMuseum-6] Pitre, Jean-Guy (September 2010). "Sperwer Photo". Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2010.

[7] "Sperwer". Greenwood Military Aviation Museum. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

[8] "Onbemand verkenningsvliegtuig Short Range Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SRTUAV) SAGEM Sperwer V60303 AV-061 registratie Z061 bijnaam 'Anjing Nica'". Nationaal Militair Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 September 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] "Nieuwe aanwinst voor het artilleriemuseum". Botter courant (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 October 2018.

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-The '''SAGEM Sperwer''' (Pronounced ''Spehr-wuhr'', Dutch for [[Accipiter|Sparrowhawk]]) is an [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] manufactured by the [[France|French]] firm [[SAGEM]]. The aircraft is piloted remotely and can cruise at altitudes of over 16,000 feet for as long as five hours. It can send back images of targets up to 150 kilometers from its operators on the ground.
+The '''SAGEM Sperwer''' (Pronounced ''Spehr-wuhr'', Dutch for [[Accipiter|Sparrowhawk]]) is an [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] manufactured by the [[France|French]] firm [[SAGEM]]. The aircraft is piloted remotely and can cruise at altitudes of over 16,000 feet for as long as five hours. It can send back images of targets up to 150 kilometers away from its ground control station.
 ==Operational history==
-The Sperwer is currently in service with the [[French Army]] (61<sup>e</sup> régiment d'artillerie), [[Swedish Air Force]], [[United States Air National Guard]] and [[Hellenic Army]] ([[Greece]]).
+The Sperwer is currently in service with the [[French Army]] (61<sup>e</sup> régiment d'artillerie), the [[Royal Netherlands Air Force]], [[Swedish Air Force]], [[United States Air National Guard]], [[Hellenic Army]] ([[Greece]]) with the Netherlands in the process of removing them from front line use.
+[[Canadian Armed Forces]] operated the Sperwer in [[Afghanistan]] between 2003 and its last mission on 18 April 2009 when it was replaced with the [[Israel]]i built [[IAI Heron]].<ref name="Flt8">{{cite web|url = http://web.ncf.ca/fn352/flight8/recent.html#UAV|title = Canadian Forces Briefing on UAVs|access-date = 2009-06-30|last = [[Canadian Owners and Pilots Association|COPA]] Flight 8|date=June 2009}}</ref>
-'''Historical users'''
+The [[Royal Danish Army]] also bought Sperwer, but a series of problems forced the Ministry of Defence to cancel the programme and sell the remainder to Canada. As well the Danish Army no longer operate any aircraft and there are no plans for UAVs by the [[Royal Danish Air Force]].  Canada itself removed the Sperwers from front-line use in 2009, while the Netherlands was planning to phase its Sperwer drones out of front line use in March 2009 in favor of rented UAVs from [[Israel]]'s [[Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd]].
-[[Canadian Armed Forces]] operated the Sperwer in [[Afghanistan]] between 2003 and its last mission on 18 April 2009 when it was replaced with the [[Israel]]i built [[IAI Heron]].<ref name="Flt8">{{cite web|url = http://web.ncf.ca/fn352/flight8/recent.html#UAV|title = Canadian Forces Briefing on UAVs|accessdate = 2009-06-30|last = [[Canadian Owners and Pilots Association|COPA]] Flight 8|date=June 2009}}</ref>.
-The [[Royal Danish Army]] also bought Sperwer, but a series of problems forced the Ministry of Defence to cancel the programme and sell the remainder to Canada. As well the Danish Army no longer operate any aircraft and there are no plans for UAVs by the [[Royal Danish Air Force]]. Canada itself removed the Sperwers from front-line use in 2009.
-The [[Royal Netherlands Army]] also operated the Sperwer in [[Afghanistan]], where the Sperwers earned individual names from their crews. Popular names came from the television series “[[Battlestar Galactica]]”, such as: Galactica, Pegasus, Caprica, Valkyrie, etc. One example (serial number Z061) was christened 'Anjing Nica' in honour of a former member of the [[KNIL]]. The Army withdrew the last of its Sperwer systems on 30 June 2012 in favor of Boeing [[Scan Eagle]] systems<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insitu.com/press/insitu-announces-scaneagle-contract-with-netherlands-ministry-of-defense|date=19 March 2012|title=Insitu Announces ScanEagle Contract with Netherlands Ministry of Defense|access-date=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109025908/http://www.insitu.com/press/insitu-announces-scaneagle-contract-with-netherlands-ministry-of-defense|archive-date=9 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> .
 ==Operators==
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 Six of the retired Sperwers can be found in Canadian museums:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/media/press_releases/24feb10/|title=Canada Aviation and Space Museum|access-date=19 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306014636/http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/media/press_releases/24feb10/|archive-date=6 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-*[[AirForce Museum Society of Alberta]] – serial number 026<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calgary-AB/AirForce-Museum-Society-of-Alberta/110387785669001#!/album.php?aid=9688&id=110387785669001|title=AirForce Museum Society of Alberta|work=Facebook|accessdate=19 February 2015}}</ref>
+*[[AirForce Museum Society of Alberta]] – serial number 026<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calgary-AB/AirForce-Museum-Society-of-Alberta/110387785669001#!/album.php?aid=9688&id=110387785669001|title=AirForce Museum Society of Alberta|work=Facebook|access-date=19 February 2015}}</ref>
 *[[Canada Aviation and Space Museum]] – serial number 001<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/news-nouvelles/transcription-eng.asp?id=4292|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610131820/http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/news-nouvelles/transcription-eng.asp?id=4292|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-06-10|title=Transcript and Help {{!}} Canadian Army {{!}} National Defence and the Canadian Forces|date=2011-06-10|access-date=2018-08-07}}</ref>
-*[[National Air Force Museum of Canada]] – serial number 007<ref name="AirForceMuseum">{{cite web|url = http://picasaweb.google.com/JeanGuy.pitre/ATripToCFBTrentonAndCanadianAirForceMuseum#5512847227758541138|archive-url = https://archive.is/20130124153302/http://picasaweb.google.com/JeanGuy.pitre/ATripToCFBTrentonAndCanadianAirForceMuseum%235512847227758541138#5512847227758541138|url-status = dead|title = Sperwer Photo|access-date = 4 September 2010|last = Pitre|first = Jean-Guy|date = September 2010|archive-date = 24 January 2013}}</ref>
+*[[National Air Force Museum of Canada]] – serial number 007<ref name="AirForceMuseum">{{cite web|url = http://picasaweb.google.com/JeanGuy.pitre/ATripToCFBTrentonAndCanadianAirForceMuseum#5512847227758541138|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130124153302/http://picasaweb.google.com/JeanGuy.pitre/ATripToCFBTrentonAndCanadianAirForceMuseum%235512847227758541138#5512847227758541138|url-status = dead|title = Sperwer Photo|access-date = 4 September 2010|last = Pitre|first = Jean-Guy|date = September 2010|archive-date = 24 January 2013}}</ref>
 *[[Greenwood Military Aviation Museum]] − 161026 and spare parts from 028<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmam.ca/sperwer.html|title=Sperwer|website=Greenwood Military Aviation Museum|language=en-CA|access-date=2016-08-31}}</ref>
-One of the retired Sperwers can be found in European museums
+Two of the retired Sperwers can be found in Dutch museums:
-*[[Nationaal Militair Museum]] - serial number Z061 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nmm.nl/zoeken-in-de-collectie/detail/571627/|title=Onbemand verkenningsvliegtuig Short Range Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SRTUAV) SAGEM Sperwer V60303 AV-061 registratie Z061 bijnaam 'Anjing Nica'|website=Nationaal Militair Museum|language=nl|access-date=2020-09-10}}</ref>. The Nationaal Militair Museum is located at the former [[Soesterberg Air Base]] in the Netherlands.
+*[[Nationaal Militair Museum]], former [[Soesterberg Air Base]] Netherlands - serial number Z061<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nmm.nl/zoeken-in-de-collectie/detail/571627/|title=Onbemand verkenningsvliegtuig Short Range Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SRTUAV) SAGEM Sperwer V60303 AV-061 registratie Z061 bijnaam 'Anjing Nica'|website=Nationaal Militair Museum|language=nl|access-date=2020-09-10}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+*Artillery Museum, Netherlands - serial number Z051 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bottercourant.nl/nieuws/algemeen/18235-een-nieuwe-aanwinst-voor-het-artilleriemuseum|title=Nieuwe aanwinst voor het artilleriemuseum|website=Botter courant|language=nl|access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref>
 ==See also==
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sagem Sperwer}}
 [[Category:1990s French military reconnaissance aircraft]]
-[[Category:Unmanned aerial vehicles of France]]
+[[Category:Unmanned military aircraft of France]]
 [[Category:SAGEM aircraft|Sperwer]]
 [[Category:V-tail aircraft]]
-[[Category:Unmanned military aircraft]]

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