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This unmanned tiltrotor drone is able to take off and land vertically like a helicopter, while flying like an airplane. Able to stay in the air for up to six hours, the TR-60 can reach speeds of up to 500 kilometers an hour, making it the fastest of its
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The US Marine Future Warfighting Laboratory recently tested a new robot team that works together to look for objects, provide situational awareness, and hunt for “bad actors” on the battlefield. The test married a ground robot, like an iRobot PackBot, with a small six-rotor aerial drone that docked with
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Russia is set to supply its Ptero-G0 unmanned aircraft systems not only to the Russian law enforcement agencies, but to its foreign partners, AFM-Servers, the developer and producer of the systems.Russia is planning to export its Ptero-G0 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), according to the Director General
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The US Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAS equipped with a new search radar completed its inaugural flight April 18 over Patuxent River air space. The radar, known as the Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS), is expected to greatly enhance maritime domain awareness by providing the MQ-4C with a
Military
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has revived a plan to acquire a larger brigade-level unmanned air vehicle than its battalion-level Elbit Systems Skylark I-LE, according to sources. The requirement has been re-energised following analysis of the IDF’s operations in Gaza in 2014, after which it
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A new milestone in the history of unmanned aircraft was made last week, as ‘Salty Dog 502′ the first drone designed to operate from US Navy carriers linked to a drogue of an Omega tanker off the coast of Maryland. The autonomous aerial refuelling (AAR) tests performed by the Unmanned
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The US Office of Naval Research is developing the Ground-Based Air Defense On-the-Move concept, or GBAD, which envisions a 30kW solid-state laser mounted to the roof of a Humvee, capable of felling UAS both small and large. The Humvee's mobility, coupled with the precision
Testing
A test to prove an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can be refuelled in flight could happen by the end of this month, according to officials with Naval Air Systems Command. The test would pair a Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) with a contracted
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The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has issued an RFP for contractors to operate unmanned aerial vehicles for the purposes of gathering intelligence and conducting surveillance and reconnaissance. Contractors supply the pilots, the aircraft and the support systems. SOCOM's current Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations and
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Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract valued at up to $45.7 million by Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems for ground segments in support of four Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems recently purchased by the Republic of Korea. Under this contract, Raytheon will deliver one building-based and one mobile
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Avionics Services is entering the Brazilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) arena, and is planning to produce Medium Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) UAV, the “Caçador”. The manufacturing process will be taken by the local industry. Avionics Services has started the process of production, maintenance and operation for the manufacturing of the
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A SpyLi te mini unmanned air vehicle with a launch weight of 9kg (19.8lb) has achieved a communication range of 65nm(120km), which its manufacturer claims is a new world record for this category of system. BlueBird says that during a demonstration for an undisclosed customer, the SpyLite reached