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Insitu Inc. announced that it donated a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft, which participated in a widely publicized rescue mission in April 2009, to The Museum of Flight in Seattle. The aircraft will be displayed for several weeks in the Museum lobby then withdrawn to be prepared for permanent exhibit in the
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The only option for India is to fast-track the procurement of UCAVs, both from outside sources as well as from indigenous research. First, given India’s strategic ties with the United States and Israel, New Delhi could pitch for their advanced UAS. But as always, Washington’s decision will certainly
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Last Friday marked 50 years since Boeing delivered its last B-52 Stratofortress to the U.S. Air Force. H-model bomber 61-040 was assigned to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., where it remains in active service. Boeing built 744 B-52s, in eight different models, from 1952 to 1962. The Air
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Sudan has accused that the Yarmouk munitions factory in Sudan, believed to be supplying weapons to the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, was attacked in Israeli Air Force’s last long-range raid against a nearby “dangerous terrorist state.” Although it was neither confirmed nor denied by Tel Aviv, a
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The Australian Government Civil Aviation Safety Authority has issued a statement to the effect that it has not yet given approval for a trial of aerial surf lifesaving patrols in south east Queensland using remotely piloted aircraft. Brisbane-based remotely piloted aircraft operator V-TOL Aerospace has recently applied for permission to
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Northrop Grumman and Navmar Applied Sciences are working together on the installation of the STARlite radar on the TigerShark UAS for the U.S Navy and special operations requirements. The AN/ZPY-1 STARlite system is operational with the US Army’s MQ-1Q Gray Eagle. A contract worth $41 million was
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The UK will double the number of armed RAF Reapers in Afghanistan to 10 with the new aircraft to be operated remotely from Britain. A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman confirmed that pilots based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire would fly the five recently-bought unmanned aircraft. The hi-tech Reaper UAS are
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French President Francois Hollande Gets His Teeth into It France will move two unmanned surveillance aircraft to West Africa and is holding secretive talks with U.S. officials in Paris this week as it seeks to steer international military action to help Mali's feeble government win back the
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When the team behind DARPA’s Plan X mapped out where it wanted to go with research in the development of cyber capabilities and platforms, it knew the DARPA approach to problem solving included soliciting input from the leading experts in the field. On October 15 and 16, DARPA outlined
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The CIA has urged the White House to boost the agency's armed UAS fleet to fight new North Africa al-Qaida threats, U.S. officials told The Washington Post. The request by CIA Director David H. Petraeus for up to 10 remotely piloted aircraft would strengthen Washington's
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As the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan winds down, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency should focus less on responding to immediate conflicts and more on tackling obstacles the United States could face years or decades in the future, the agency's director said on Friday. "We'
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Iran will unveil new military achievements, including a UAS with 2,000 kilometer range, the Fars News Agency quoted managing director of the Iranian Aviation Industries Organization, Manouchehr Manteqi, as saying. "UAS are categorized into three classes, namely short-range with 200 kilometer range, mid-range with 1500 kilometers range, and