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Global Hawk Maintenance At Beale
This video just posted on YouTube shows RQ-4 Global Hawk maintenance routines.The video was shot by Airman 1st Class Andrew Buchanan/9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs. Source: YouTube
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Iran to Fit Missiles to UAS
Iran's security forces are mounting missiles on it's independently produced long-range UAS, a top Iranian official said on Sunday, adding that Iran managed to obtain technical information from the RQ-170that was captured by the Islamic Republic late last year. In 2010, Iran unveiled a prototype long-range
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US Flew Global Hawk Missions from Australia until 2006
Global Hawk touching down at RAAF Edinburgh in February 2006 The United States flew highly classified Global Hawk surveillance missions from the Royal Australian Air Force base at Edinburgh in South Australia from late 2001 until at least 2006.The operations were detected by a group of Adelaide aviation historians
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Canadian Frigate’s Farewell to ScanEagle After 7 Month Deployment
In late August, HMCS Charlottetown wraps up a seven-month deployment and bids farewell to the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft detachment that shared the flight deck with Osprey, the Halifax-class frigate’s CH-124 Sea King helicopter. Charlottetown is the first Canadian warship to carry a UAS detachment throughout an expeditionary deployment. UAS
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German Air Force Wants Armed UAS
The head of Germany's Air Force called for Berlin to buy controversial missile-armed Predators for future conflicts.Lieutenant-General Karl Muellner said strict rules of engagement would meet those objections. "There is not a single case where we haven't stuck to the rules," he said.
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Northrop Grumman Gets $40M US Navy BAMS Maintenance Contract
Northrop Grumman Corp. is being awarded a $40,137,349 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operations and maintenance services in support of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator Unmanned Aircraft System, also known as the Global Hawk Maritime – Demonstrator. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (70 percent) and outside continental
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RQ-4 Global Hawk Operations – Video
This video shows the RQ-4 Global Hawk launching, landing and taxiing. The video was shot by by Airman 1st Class Andrew Buchanan/9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs. Source: YouTube
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India to Purchase 120 Micro and Mini UAS
India is close to purchasing a record number of micro and mini unmanned air systems for its air force and army, with several further major deals to follow.New Delhi's immediate requirements are aimed at acquiring 100 micro systems for the air force and 20 mini systems for
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Project Moby Dick – Cold War Spy Balloon from 1952
"Project 119L" was a Cold War reconnaissance operation by the U.S. Air Force in which large balloons floated cameras over the Soviet Union. The spy balloons would photograph sensitive Soviet sites and either hang in the air or land in the Sea of Japan until either a
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UK Issues Urgent $63M Call for Maritime UAS
The UK Ministry of Defence was due to receive responses by 28 August from contractors interested in bidding for a maritime unmanned air system deal worth £40 million ($63 million). Dubbed "MarUAS", the project seeks a commercial off-the-shelf design capable of meeting an urgent operational requirement to deliver
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Lockheed Martin Celebrates 100 years with Desert Hawk Demonstration for Media
Members of Lockheed Martin Systems & Sensors team discussed the company’s 100-year history at a demonstration last week of the Desert Hawk at the company’s campus in Owego. The 1.7-million-square-foot Owego facility, which employs 2,700 people, currently works on several projects, including the Joint Strike Fighter,
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Iranian Mohajer-2 UAS Appears in Venezuela
Under the name of Sant Arpia, the Mohajer 2, an Iranian UAS, is currently flying in Venezuela. Reportedly operating from the Cavim (CA Venezolana de Industria Militares) Maracay factory, where a new UAS facility has been unveiled by recent satellite imagery, the Mohajer 2 is a light unarmed unmanned aircraft