WARTON, England, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- BAE Systems said last week it has put its new UAS system on display at the Singapore Air Show.

"Fresh from a successful deployment in Afghanistan by the Royal Air Force, one of the world's first fully autonomous unmanned autonomous systems -- UAS -- (made) its Singapore debut at the 2008 Singapore Air Show," the company said in a statement.

"Developed by BAE Systems, HERTI is one of a new generation of UAS suitable for both military and civil operations," BAE Systems said.

"The RAF deployed a HERTI system in Afghanistan in 2007 as part of its unique Project Morrigan collaboration with BAE Systems. Launched in September 2006, Project Morrigan aims to integrate HERTI into (British) forces for a short period in order to develop potential tactics, techniques and procedures for integrating UAS into existing joint manned/unmanned force structures," BAE Systems said.

Wing Commander Mike Humphreys, Officer Commanding of the RAF's UAV Battle-lab, said: "While the objectives and outputs from the exercise remain classified, the HERTI system has been successful in demonstrating its capability in an operational environment. Both the RAF and BAE Systems are satisfied with the progress and development of the project thus far and we look forward to building on this in the coming months."