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The US 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed in late February with the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft, marking the first time any MEU has taken the combat-proven UAS out to sea for an operational assignment. The lightweight ScanEagle is based aboard the dock landing ship Comstock, part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready
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South Korea's military will bring forward its planned deployment of high-altitude UAS and stealth fighter jets to increase its surveillance capability and bolster its deterrence toward North Korea. The original plans were to deploy UAS by 2015 but a decision was taken recently to speed up the deployment
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Chinese hackers allegedly broke into a computer network run by South Korea's defence ministry last year and stole secret documents on a plan to buy spy drones from the United States, an opposition lawmaker in Seoul said on Monday. The alleged hacking occurred in June last year, and
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AZAD System Co., which was opened last week by the President of Azerbaijan, in association with the Ministry of Defence’s Industrial division, has created a new industry in the country – production of unmanned aircraft. Assembly of two types of unmanned aircraft under a joint-venture with Aeronautics Defense Sysytems– the
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The U.S. Air Force accepted MQ-1 Predator tail number 268, the last manufactured for the service, in a ceremony March 3 at General Atomics’ Gray Butte Aeronautical Systems' Flight Ops Facility. Col. James Beissner, Air Combat Command’s Chief Irregular Warfare Division, accepted the aircraft on behalf of
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Part of a series demonstrating what skills can be acquired during an Army career, the first episode compares the skills of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Operator and those of a civilian Skycam Operator during an NCAA football game. This clip was posted on YouTube and the full series can
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The US Army has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a $335,504,000 fixed-price-incentive-fee contract on February 28th. The award provides for the purchase of system hardware applicable to the Extended Range Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aircraft System. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of
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A new contender has emerged for Finland’s Ministry of Defence requirement for up to 45 UAS that we reported in January. Avartek, a Finnish aerial target manufacturer, has teamed up with Innocon (Israel) to offer the Micro Falcon under the name AT-11. The surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance programme
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The UK Ministry of Defence issued a contract notification last month, with an estimated value of between £10 million ($16.4 million) and £20 million, for a Nano UAS to be deployed urgently in Afghanistan. System Requirements: * Rotary-wing * Total weight of no more than 200g (7oz) * Equipment should weigh less
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The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center have issued an RFI on behalf of the U.S. Army to obtain information to serve as a market survey to aid in research associated with the development of a SDDL designed to
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The Indian Air Force has issued a request for information for a small-sized vertical take-off and landing UAS. The requirement is for a battery- or fuel-operated UAS that weighs less than 10kg (22lb) and has an endurance of over 60min. It will be required to perform intelligence, search and reconnaissance
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Ten years after Global Hawk's first non-stop international flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California to RAAF Edinburgh near Adelaide, Northrop Grumman will feature a full-scale, reconfigurable Global Hawk in the outside display area at the Australian International Air Show which opens today at Avalon near Geelong,