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Th ales and WB Electronics have signed an agreement to build a Polish tactical unmanned air vehicle named Gryf (Grifon), based on the former’s experience with the British Army’s Watchkeeper 450, and on the technology used on the UAV. One of the key operating programmes in the modernization
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U.S. Navy unmanned aircraft experts are asking Northrop Grumman Corp. to correct deficiencies in the air-to-air radar system aboard theMQ-4C Triton maritime patrol UAV before making a production decision on the Triton by the end of this year. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval
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After a decade of waging long-distance war through their video screens, America’s drone operators are burning out, and the US Air Force is being forced to cut back on the flights even as military and intelligence officials are demanding more of them over intensifying combat zones in Iraq, Syria
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At the French Ministry of Defence's booth in the Paris Air Show, the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) proudly displayed what will soon be the crown jewel of the French air force's aircraft fleet: an armed drone designed in collaboration with the UK that is expected
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Unmanned aerial system (UAS) experts at The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems segment in Poway, Calif., will provide the U.S. Air Force with advanced radar UAS sensor payloads under terms of a $23.1 million contract. Officials of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
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The Japanese Ministry of Defense is considering whether to shoot down Chinese drones if the PLA decides to carry out routine patrols over contested islands in the East China Sea, reports the Tokyo-based Kyodo News. The islands, known as Senkaku to Japan, which controls them, are also claimed by China
VTOL
Australia is set to become only the second nation in the world to operate unmanned helicopters from navy warships. Future Royal Australian Navy vessels will almost certainly be equipped with both manned and remote unmanned choppers that will reduce risk and cost.However the most potent of all new warships
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A UND committee is holding off on approving an unmanned aircraft systems research project that would explore the potential for evaluating engineering projects from the air in Walsh County. Members of the university's UAS Research Compliance Committee want answers to questions they had regarding a project application submitted
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Continuing indecision by the governments of France, Germany and Italy over what type of Medium-Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) should be built by Europe is holding up signature of the long-awaited project definition (PD) contract. Meanwhile, the maker of the Reaper UAS that already serves with three
Business
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems is showing off its range of UAVs at the Paris Air Show as the company awaits decisions on two major contracts expected later this year. In November, the French DGA is expected to down-select a contractor to meet its tactical unmanned air system (TUAS) requirement, although
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Since 2014, two Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft have been temporarily deployed at Misawa air base. Within approximately six months, starting in July two more will be moved to Japan. They will be redeployed from the US military base in Guam in the Pacific Ocean to Japan this summer. Thus,
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The remotely piloted aircraft system demonstrated in 2014 its ability to fly in civilian airspace when it completed an 11-day flight test campaign.