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British-company BCB International just unveiled its SQ-4 Recon UAV, a miniature unmanned surveillance aircraft that's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. The company says the UAS can fly up to 30 minutes on a full charge, and it is capable of operating
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Russia will go ahead with setting up a Defence Research Agency analogous to America's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, after President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill on the new body on Tuesday. The law on the establishment of the Future Research Fund, published on the government&
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Simlat Ltd. has been selected to provide a high fidelity UAS training system for UAS pilots and payload operators to an undisclosed large scale synthetic environment lab. The system, Simlat C-STAR (Full Crew Training System) simulator includes high fidelity simulation of UAS generic platforms and payloads, all in a
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The U.S. has total dominance of the skies above planet Earth, a defence budget five times as large as its nearest competitor, and a fleet of robotic aircraft and advanced manned planes. The newest leader of the Pentagon’s blue-sky researchers says the U.S. is more vulnerable
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The US Air Force last week issued a broad agency announcement soliciting white papers for a program designed to draw quick, innovative solutions to various service needs -- mostly from small businesses. Among the service's needs are technologies that could assist in the aerial refueling of unmanned aircraft. The
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Oculus Systems Ltd is pleased to announce that it has become the UK re-seller for the NANO UAS, Huginn X-1 (manufactured by Sky-Watch in Denmark). A lightweight and agile platform with intuitive controls the X-1 can be used for a wide variety of tasks in both
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Boeing and Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) will broaden their cooperative relationship to include rotorcraft, fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and military aircraft maintenance and support through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on Oct. 4. The two companies have a longstanding relationship. KAL-ASD is a supplier
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Europe's two biggest aerospace firms will go back to the drawing board to find new strategies after Germany stymied the world's biggest arms and aviation company merger. Britain's BAE Systems, which earns nearly half its revenue selling arms to the Pentagon, could end up
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senseFly has announced its new ultra-lightweight and powerful UAS for the surveying and mining industries: the eBee, a combination of cutting edge technology, aerodynamic expertise and innovative design. The company claims that theBee is the first professional-market UAS that is resistant to high winds yet remains inherently harmless
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Embraer has revealed plans to "strengthen" its relationship with a Brazilian start-up building UAS. São José dos Campos-based Santos LAB emerged three years ago to supply a mini-UAS called the Carcara to the Brazilian military, and rapidly forged partnerships with major airframers. In 2011, Boeing
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Scion UAS, LLC has won a government contract worth up to $3 million to supply unmanned helicopters for unspecified uses.The company must deliver one such helicopter to the Naval Research Laboratory within six months, another three months later, with an option for a third, according to Scion co-founder
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The US Defense Department's latest annual industrial base assessment includes rosy predictions for developers of high-tech unmanned aircraft that have become essential elements of U.S. military operations. Although declines in manned tactical aircraft may be expected, development of unmanned aircraft systems is "a key area