AVS 100 unmanned vehicle with multiple purpose payload launcher [France] Image of unmanned aerial vehicle with attached Multipurpose launcher/aero cougar photographed at Eurosatory 2016© Robin Ballantyne/Omega Research Foundation. On 17th November 2015, at Milipol 2015, Paris, the French UAV manufacturer, Aero Surveillance released details of its Multi-purpose Payload Launcher - the MPL 30. This launcher, developed in cooperation with Etienne Lacroix Group can deploy a range of payloads including tear gas grenades from two of Aero Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles – the ASV 100 and ASV 150. According to media reports, the MPL30 can be deployed from an altitude of several hundred meters360 and can “carry up to 9 Tear Gas grenades on each side of the aircraft skid for a total of 18 tear gas grenades.”361 Philippe Roy, President and CEO of Aero Surveillance stated: “The MPL 30 …allows us to propose complete and modular drone based solutions for law enforcement, homeland security as well as a range of civilian applications.”362 Eagle Eye Drone [Turkey] Image of Eagle Eye Drone photograph at Eurosatory 2016© Robin Ballantyne/Omega Research Foundation 360 Aero Surveillance introduces payload launcher, 18th November 2015, Shepherdmedia.com, https://www.shephardmedia. com/news/uv-online/aero-surveillance-introduces-payload-launcher/ (accessed 16 November 2017); MILIPOL 2015 Air Security: Aero Surveillance Introduces A New Multi Purpose Payload Launcher, 17th November 2015, Emmergency-Live.com, available at http:// www.emergencylive.com/en/equipment/milipol-2015-air-securityaero-surveillance-introduces-a-new-multi-purpose-payloadlauncher/ (accessed 16 November 2017). 361 Ibid. 362 Ibid. 66

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