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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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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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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
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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
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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'
Military
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
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China tried to electronically jam U.S. drone flights over the South China Sea in a bid to thwart spying on disputed island military construction, U.S. officials said. Global Hawk long-range surveillance drones were targeted by the jamming in at least one incident near the disputed Spratly Islands,
Military
The US Air Force is pursuing a range of options that will, in combination with a reset in the number of sustainable combat air patrols, help alleviate long-term stress on Remotely Piloted Aircraft crews. Initial efforts were announced by the Air Force Secretary and Chief of Staff earlier this
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The US Navy says it's not sure what kind of cyber threats its drones, sensors and missiles are up against. That's because aerial weapons systems were not expected to become part of the so-called Internet of Things, the present-day entanglement of networked appliances, transportation
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A plan by companies in France, Germany and Italy to launch a European medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV programme will get a boost today when defence ministers sign a Declaration of Intent for a two-year definition study. The defence ministers of the three countries will sign the agreement
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The Air Force and the Army must do a better job training its remotely piloted aircraft pilots, according to a Government Accountability Office report, released May 14. Only 35 percent of pilots in Air Force remotely piloted aircraft units have completed the training required for all their missions, states the
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Turkey will outfit its locally-built drones with a new mini laser-guided rocket, the Bozok. Officials said they plan serial production of the Bozok soon. The rocket was designed and developed by Tubitak SAGE, a government-controlled defense industry research and development institute. "With this programme we aim