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Italy Celebrates 10 Years of Predator Operations
“MQ-9 proved instrumental in our efforts to coordinate resources and rescue migrants whose boats were incapacitated and were dangerously floating adrift,”
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Camcopter Completes Multi-Sensor Trials for Royal Australian Navy
Schiebel ́s CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) has in a series of flights between 2 and 12 June 2015 successfully demonstrated its multi- sensor capability to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and other Australian Government Departments. The demanding trials took place near Nowra, on the South East Coast of
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Cobham and GA-ASI Team for UAV Support in UK and Australia
Cobham Aviation Services (Cobham) and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) have signed a Teaming Agreement at the Paris Airshow to create an affiliation covering whole life support arrangements for GA-ASI products in the UK and Australia.The teaming arrangement focuses on the provision of support for the Predator B
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South Korea Prepares for Unmanned Little Bird Demo
Boeing is currently working through the final clearances ahead of a planned demonstration of its H-6U Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) helicopter for the South Korean armed forces, a senior company official disclosed. Speaking to reporters ahead of the Paris Air Show, Dave Koopersmith, Vice-President and General Manager of Boeing Military
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Triton First Pax River Flight
The MQ-4C Triton takes off from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., April 16, to conduct its first test flight from the naval base. Credit: NAVAIR Source: YouTube
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Israeli Air Force Automates Takeoff and Landing
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has completed some phases of a process that will lead to implementing automatic takeoff and landing in its Heron-1 and Hermes-900 unmanned air systems. This capability is now used in the IAF “White Eagle” squadron operating the force’s largest UAS the Heron-TP (Eitan). The
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NATO's First Alliance Ground Surveillance Aircraft
Expanding NATO's joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability, Northrop Grumman Corporation and its industry partners together with NATO leaders unveiled the first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft to an audience of customers, distinguished guests, employees and community leaders. The unmanned aircraft, a wide area surveillance Global
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Taranis UCAV Set for New Flight Tests
A third and possibly final series of flight tests planned for Britain's Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator is planned for later this year, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. An industry team led by BAE Systems completed two phases of trial flights at Woomera, Australia, between
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French Air Force Adds Third Reaper to Fleet
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced that it has delivered a third Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper RPA to the French Ministry of Defence. Delivered less than two months after contract award, the aircraft joins two other French Reapers in service, which together have accumulated over 4,000 flight hours
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General Atomics Gets $72M US Air Force Contract for 8 Reapers
General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a fixed-price incentive firm and firm-fixed-price $72,068,072 modification (01) to order 077 on the basic ordering agreement FA8620-10-G-3038.Contractor will produce eight additional MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 production configuration aircraft. Work will be performed at Poway, California,
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US Special Operations: SnowGoose Delivers
U.S. SOCOM (Special Operations Command) has ordered a new version of the CQ-10 cargo delivery UAV. This model (CQ-10B) operates like a helicopter while the original CA-10A used a parafoil.Also called the SnowGoose (it was developed by a Canadian firm, MMIST) this UAV doesn't have wings
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Georgia Displays New Unmanned Attack Helicopter
Georgia has presented a new unmanned attack and reconnaissance helicopter produced by the state research and development centre Delta. The new helicopter is on a display now for the first time on Roses Square in Tbilisi, in connection with the Independence Day celebration on May 26. Delta, which was established