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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
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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
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The Pakistan Navy has signed a contract on 27 June 2012 with EMT Germany to buy the LUNA UAS for its shore surveillance units (mainly Marines). A total of 8 aircraft along with 2 ground control stations have been contracted for purchase. This has been done after a launch of
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the recent deployment of the first full company of Gray Eagle UAS, F/227. “Gray Eagle will provide F/227 with 24/7 RSTA [Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition], precision attack, and communications relay capabilities,” said Frank W. Pace, President, Aircraft Systems Group,
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The Indian defence ministry has announced that a total of 95 mini UAS will be purchased in the near future. The equipment will improve the aerial surveillance capabilities of the Indian air force and navy, which should receive 60 and 35 systems, respectively. According to a request for proposals issued
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Dassault Aviation and BAE Systems are waiting for the British and French governments to decide whether to sign a 40 million euro technology development contract for their long-awaited Medium-Altitude, Long Endurance (MALE) UAS, according to Eric Trappier, Dassault’s Head of International Affairs. “We have submitted comprehensive and
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Mohajer 2 The manager of Venezuela’s UAS programme is an engineer who helped build ballistic missiles for Iran. The engineer’s identity raises new questions about the purposes behind Venezuela’s UAS programme. But it’s also only one part of a mystery involving UAS shipped from Iran to
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During a defence budget meeting last Thursday after visiting a base in southern Russia, newly-re-elected President Vladimir Putin said “We need a programme for unmanned aircraft.” Experts say this is a most important area of development in aviation,” he added. “We need a range of all types, including