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The Textron Systems (AAI) RQ-7B Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) has officially commenced operations with Australian forces in Afghanistan, providing an enhanced capability to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The Shadow 200 is replacing the ScanEagle leased by the Boeing Company, which has been in operation since
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Volz Servos has been contracted by AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems to supply servos for their Aerosonde sUAS to support recent contract awards. Volz’s DA-15 servos are being utilized on the Aerosonde to actuate the aircraft’s flight control surfaces and engine throttle. The DA-15 servo is a 15mm / 0.
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Schiebel's CAMCOPTER S-100 has become the first UAS to ever fly from an Italian Navy ship. The S-100 was flown from the ITS Bersagliere, a Soldati Class frigate and successfully carried out a number of missions for observers from the Italian Navy. From the Italian Navy Base of
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Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the first launch of a Shadow Hawk precision-guided weapon recently from a Shadow 200 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), achieving a direct hit on the target. Shadow Hawk is an 11-pound class, 2.75-inch diameter, 27-inch long drop-glide weapon. It is terminally guided by a semi-active laser
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CNN posted this report which features the White House Counter-Terrorism Adviser, John Brennan. He discusses the internal process involved in taking the decision when, and whether or not, to authorise a lethal UAS strike. Source: CNN
Testing
The North American X-10 (model RTV-A-5) was an unmanned technology demonstrator for advanced missile technologies during the 1950s. The X-10 was similar to the development of Bell's X-9 Shrike project. To facilitate development of the long-range SM-64 Navaho surface-to-surface cruise missile, North American Aviation developed the RTV-A-5, or
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Russia will test fly its first domestically-produced strike unmanned aircraft in 2014, according to First Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Sukhorukov. In February, Army General Nikolay Makarov, the chief of the Russian General Staff, said the drone would be first test flied in late 2012, a revision of the initial 2015
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Two Taiwanese nationals who were arrested on drug charges earlier this year allegedly also were trying to acquire and export to China U.S. military technology, including unmanned-drone and stealth technology, federal prosecutors in New Jersey said Wednesday. Hui Sheng Shen, 45 years old, and Haun Ling Chang, 41, were
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Seattle police say they won't deploy unmanned aircraft until appropriate policies are approved. Police said Monday they are still in the evaluation and training stage of using unmanned aircraft. They say they have discussed the new technology with the American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU spokesman Doug Honig told
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Dmitri from FPS Russia’s latest video features a questionable prototype quadrotor with machine gun attached called ‘Charlene’. Charlene’s features include four quadrotors, a sub machine gun, 100-round magazine, top speed of 30 mph with altitudes of 1/2 mile high, 1st person camera and the ability to self
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Xandem founder Joey Wilson shows off the company's motion-detecting sensor nodes. Xandem is building a new kind of all-seeing motion-detection system that's poised to shake up the security market. There are many different ways to track motion, but most commercial systems rely on optical beams that
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US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has dismissed Tehran's claims that it has recovered data from the RQ-170 that went down in Iran late last year. Without providing details, Panetta said that "based on my experience that I would seriously question their ability to do what they say