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Military to test unmanned surveillance plane

"An unmanned surveillance aircraft that could one day be used to patrol Canada's sprawling coastline will start zooming through the skies over the Atlantic and the Arctic within days.

The gangly Altair, which is about the size of a fighter jet, will be tested by the military in a series of missions scheduled to begin Sunday.

Gen. Ray Henault, chief of defence staff, said the $4.5 million experiment is part of a bid to modernize the Canadian military.

"We need to implement these new technologies that are out there," Henault said Thursday as he briefed reporters in Ottawa."

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