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The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, AH-64D Apache Longbow and MQ-1C Gray Eagle land at Michael Army Airfield, Utah, Sept. 16, 2011, after the Manned Unmanned. The aircraft joined with the RQ-11B Raven and MQ-5B Hunter to demonstrate their interoperability during the MUSIC Exercise Sept. 16, 2011. “MUSIC is intended to be
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MBDA has advanced development and test activities for its Fire Shadow loitering munition design, and is on track to deliver its first operational examples to the British Army in 2012. Two significant test firings have been conducted since late last year, the European missile manufacturer announced during the Defence &
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Britain and France have extended cooperation on UAS technology to an unmanned replacement for fighter aircraft, Peter Luff, the U.K. defence-procurement minister, said on Wednesday at a military trade fair in London. Jointly producing an unmanned combat air vehicle or UCAV would result in “genuine” cost savings and efficiencies
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Germany could be within weeks of making a decision that will have a major influence on the viability of Cassidian’s Talarion UAS programme, while the EADS company is maintaining its call for France and the UK to also become involved. A long-proposed solution for the UAS requirements of France,
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The evolving future of US Army aviation will be on display September 15-16 at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, as three of the service’s project offices—Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Apache Attack Helicopter and Armed Scout Helicopter—stage an exercise demonstrating how manned and unmanned aircraft can work together in combat.
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The Obama administration has turned down a Turkish request for the deployment of US Predators at Turkish bases until Ankara stops threatening Israel with armed attack, according to DEBKAfile. Turkey has no functioning unmanned aircraft at present. Israeli officialdom and military chiefs are doing their utmost to keep the lid
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Northrop Grumman has introduced an unmanned aircraft data management system to the European market, to allow troops on the ground to "eliminate the tunnel-vision of the battlefield". The HART (Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team) allows soldiers at small unit level without their own UAS to benefit from the plethora
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Following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s complaint last week that Israel delayed the delivery of Herons that Turkey sent to the country for maintenance, a new report revealed that Turkey has been dealing with Israel on maintenance issues for a long time. Ankara purchased three Aerostars from Israeli company
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South Korea’s plan to acquire four Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawks,has moved a step closer. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency is likely to notify Congress in the coming weeks about the possible sale of the aircraft and one ground system. US government officials familiar with
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The Obama administration is considering a request from Turkey to base a fleet of Predators on Turkish soil for counterterrorism operations in northern Iraq. The decision could strengthen a diplomatic alliance but drag the United States deeper into a regional conflict. The U.S. military has flown unarmed Predators from
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The US Navy has outlined the details of a 15-month competition to start later this month to select an unmanned helicopter that could be purchased in the hundreds by the end of this decade. The medium-range, multi-role unmanned aircraft system (MRMUAS) contract has already drawn interest from at least three
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Operational trials with the British Army's Watchkeeper remain on track to start next month, after the WK450 aircraft set a new endurance record in testing. Major Matt Moore, SO2 UAS for headquarters, Royal Artillery, said that a WK450 completed an almost 14 hour flight in early September from