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The US Navy is to begin an operational assessment of its Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicle in September, ultimately paving the way for the start of low rate initial production of the type. Expected to take two months to complete, the testing will take place at Naval
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Ukrainian volunteers are seeking a partner to help bring a new unmanned air vehicle to the nation's armed forces in their fight against separatist rebels in the east of the country. The surveillance UAV – called Black Square – has been touted on Facebook, and while funds have been generated
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AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the receipt since May 1, 2015 of ten orders from the United States Army totalling $47.1 million for RQ-11B Raven and RQ-20A Puma AE unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) sustainment. This total value includes seven orders awarded on July 23 totalling $35,196,388.
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AeroVironment, Inc. announced it has received a contract from the United States Army totalling $3.4 million for RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to supply the Spanish Ministry of Defence via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme. Raven is the most widely used UAS in the world today.
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The US Air Force is likely to ramp up its investment in small unmanned aircraft following the release of a long-awaited strategic vision document later this year. It expects to release its “Small UAS Flight Plan” this winter, and says it sees lightweight aircraft performing many more combat roles
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In its first arms sale to an Arab country, Israel has sold Jordan 12 advanced unmanned aerial vehicles of the Heron TP and Skylark types. They are urgently needed by the Jordanian Royal Air Force to beef up the counter-terrorism campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the
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Noting the success of micro UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) like the RQ-11 Raven in the West Russia has sought to develop its own equivalents. Because of low production costs it made sense to test several candidates on battlefields and in some of the harshest environments of the world. While
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The remotely-piloted aircraft that ushered in the armed unmanned air vehicle revolution, the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1, will be put out to pasture by 2018, after more than two decades of service, the US Air Force says. The service has been planning to retire the MQ-1
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By establishing a partnership with Carbon-Based Technology, also known as UAVER, a leading manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles based in Taichung, the US-based Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) hopes to expand its reach into the global drone market. As a defence contractor in the United States, the NASC
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The Polish military has decided to convert a whole air-force base into a base dedicated to UAVs. The base, located at the north-west of the country, is currently being used as an airbase for the SU-22 fleet, one of Poland’s army fighter jets. It is the
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Hamas' military wing says it took over Skylark I UAV on July 22, rebuilt it and put it to use in the service of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. The IDF said it was looking into the Hamas claim. The Palestinian al-Aqsa channel aired a video
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Taiwan unveiled the prototype of its largest ever military drone on Wednesday as it seeks to boost its defence forces in the face of a perceived threat from China. The sleek, grey unmanned aircraft is designed for intelligence gathering and surveillance missions, according to the National Chung Shan Institute of