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One of Russia's manufacturers of unmanned aircarft, Zala Aero, has provided the Russian government with more than 70 unmanned systems, each containing several aircraft. According to an article published Monday on Open Democracy Russia. The Kremlin's romance with drones started in 2006, when the Interior Ministry
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Kansas State University at Salina had just acquired two Penguin B unmanned aircraft, which are made by UAV Factory of Latvia, according to Josh Brungardt, Director of KSU-Salina's Unmanned Aircraft Systems programme. Brungardt discussed the Penguin B and others of the 12 unmanned aircraft maintained on the
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The US Air National Guard just announced that on May 7, 2012 the 163d Reconnaissance Wing took part in the Ardent Sentry Exercise which focused on Defense support of civil entities during a crisis situation. The object of the exercise was to launch an MQ-1 Predator from Fort Polk
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The River Systems Institute at Texas State is conducting unmanned aviation research under a $260,000 two-year grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Thom Hardy, research professor at the River Systems Institute, said the university is using the grant to evaluate the use of unmanned aircraft as
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They belong to the most skilled and equipped top elite units within the "Middle Kingdom", the Chinese Armed Police Forces (CAPF). The General himself personally made the long journey to Germany to hand over the Golden Emblem of the CAPF to the engineer Udo Juerss, the CTO of
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Manhattan Beach from Hover Effect on Vimeo. Two Marin County men were cited by federal authorities over an unmanned helicopter buzzing around Alcatraz Island, the National Park Service reported. The operator of the remote-controlled helicopter, which is equipped with high-definition cameras, was Devin Hedrick, an aerial photographer who
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Anti-drug squads are now using Brazilian unmanned aircraft to sniff out drug labs that dot Bolivia in increasing numbers. Felipe Caceras, Bolivia’s top anti-drug official, claims that some 240 drug labs have been busted in Santa Cruz, an eastern lowlands state bordering Brazil, this month alone, all
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Project ResQu brings together Australia's top aerospace experts from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Boeing Research & Technology-Australia, Boeing subsidiary Insitu Pacific and CSIRO. "This potentially life-saving technology will not only help provide accurate information during disasters but also enable air rescue crews to better
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The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate is setting up a new small unmanned aircraft programme ahead of the technology’s expected integration into U.S. national airspace. The small unmanned aircraft systems programme will have two main goals, said John Appleby, Border and Maritime Security Division
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ISR Group, Inc. joined Vanguard Defense Industries in Laredo, Tex. to conduct a flight demonstration of the ShadowHawk unmanned aircraft at the Laredo Fire/Public Safety International Training Facility on June 22. Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) and City of Laredo Mayor Raul Salinas were in attendance to view the
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A small unmanned surveillance aircraft flies over an Austin stadium, diligently following a series of GPS waypoints that have been programmed into its flight computer. By all appearances, the mission is routine. Suddenly, it veers dramatically off course, careering eastward from its intended flight path. A few moments later, it
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The London Olympics are no ordinary games. Not since World War II have Britain and the United States teamed up for such a massive security operation on British soil. Hundreds of American intelligence, security and law enforcement officials are flying across the Atlantic for the games that begin July 27.