1983
Built in 1983 as the final design in a family of remote-piloted helicopters
developed by the company known as VTUAV (Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Air
Vehicle). Although both the Wisp and the Wideye were
manufactured in small numbers for evaluation, but did
not enter large-scale production Westland continued working
on the concept and the Sharpeye was a "stealth"
development with a reshaped fuselage to reduce
the radar signature. The event the project was cancelled
before a Sharpeye prototype was flown and the windtunnel mockup is the
only remaining evidence of this final phase of the WG-25 programme.
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