27.4.09

DDS build first Ferret-G

Up until now the Ferret-G UCV, the second generation of the Ferret platform that can also operate in atmospheres, has been a purely Dino project though the DDS joined the project last year. Now the DDS have built their first 2 Ferret-Gs at their prototype factory on Solaris. Ferret-G is expected to enter service sometime next year.

In testing on Solaris a Ferret-G successfully made the transition from space to atmosphere and back again, all the time shadowed by a Falcon class ship which provided course correction information. Later in the year the DDS will begin combat exercises with the type which may be fitted with TPM-A to add yet another layer to DDS defence.