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The Pentagon is seeking to send hand-launched UAS to Kenya as part of a $40 million-plus military aid package designed to help four African countries fight al Qaeda and al Shabaab militants, notably in Somalia, the Wall Street Journal reported. Kenya would get eight "Raven" unmanned aircraft systems
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Gizmodo claims that one of the reasons that the FAA is closing down a large area around Devil's Lake, North Dakota is to test UAS lasers.The restricted zone will be reserved for unmanned aircraft—civilian planes will have to fly at a different altitude, or around the
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Rheinmetall Airborne Systems GmbH, a joint venture by Cassidian and Rheinmetall, will continue to support the German Armed Forces in Afghanistan by providing unmanned airborne reconnaissance services. The Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) prolonged an existing order to the company to provide the German Armed Forces with
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The Pentagon is considering awarding a Distinguished Warfare Medal to UAS pilots who work on military bases often far removed from the battlefield. Pentagon officials have been briefed on the medal’s “unique concept,” Charles V. Mugno, head of the Army Institute of Heraldry, told a recent meeting of the
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Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced that it was awarded a contract to provide its ScanEagle to the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). The delivery of these systems will be accompanied by training, logistics and ship installation, as well as specialist in-country maintenance support. The ScanEagle UAS
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More interesting screenshots, taken from a documentary about the Great Prophet 7 exercise held in Iran recently reveal several new types of UAS currently being developed by Tehran. The first one (above) shows the somehow famous “Pahpad” drone, used by Syria to spy on the clashes in Homs. The second
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During American Independence Day, three Marines of Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, made Marine Corps history as they launched the first Raven UAS in the Pacific Command area during Exercise Hamel 2012. Beginning in the 1990s, the U.S. Department of Defense
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Some interesting screen shots, taken from a documentary about the Great Prophet 7 exercise held in Iran last week expose several new types of unmanned aircraft currently being developed by Tehran. The above is a brand new aircraft seemingly available in dual configuration: landing gear (image above) or skids (image
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Lockheed Martin just posted this short video of the Stalker UAS in action. The small and silent Stalker unmanned aircraft system has been in use since 2006 by Special Operations Forces to gather critical intelligence information. Source: YouTube
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The Pentagon is seeking congressional approval to shift as much as $641 million in funding for intelligence and surveillance to priorities such as expanding Afghanistan operations of a Boeing UAS for Navy commandos. The request for the “reprogramming” of previously approved military intelligence funds was submitted today to the four
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The United States is flying unmanned reconnaissance planes over Syria to monitor the regime’s escalating crackdown on dissent, U.S. defence officials told NBC television on Saturday. The aircraft are being used to gather evidence on the Syrian security forces’ violence against pro-democracy protesters that can be used to
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The US Army is upgrading its fleet of MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems while also advancing plans to equip each 10-15,000 Soldier division with its reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting and acquisition capabilities, officials said. "The feedback we've gotten from our warfighters down range is that this