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Originally Posted by Catfish
I think there's another reason behind all that fuss  |
Yes there is, I called it the ministry's incompetence. The sensors are one of the two main reasons why the European authorities would not have certified the drone for flight operation over European land. Having installed that sensor earlier, would have allowed that certification in that regard.
The other reason - and that is where the manufacturer and the US on the one side and the German defense ministry play ping-pong over - is that America is traditionally extremely hesitant and unwilling to give any documentation on the defense technology it sells, like the intelligence agencies also give information only extremely rarely and prefer to just take instead. But the German side should have known that they would not get the documentation needed from the Americans that would have been inevitable for proper certification by European authorities. One should have known and forseen that problem for sure.