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US Navy buys six Northrop MQ-8Cs
The US Navy has purchased six more Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scouts vertical take-off and landing UAVs ...
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PICTURES: Spain's Atlante UAS makes first flight
Spain's Atlante tactical unmanned air vehicle completed a successful first flight on 28 February ...
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PICTURE: Phantom Eye completes second flight
Boeing's Phantom Eye, a hydrogen-powered testbed, has made its second flight ...
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PICTURES: Urban Aeronautics reveals high-speed AirMule variant
Israel's Urban Aeronautics has performed windtunnel tests of a more than 250kt version of its AirMule ducted fan UAV ...
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Elbit begins Hermes 900 deliveries to Latin American buyer
Elbit Systems has delivered its first Hermes 900 system to an undisclosed customer in Latin America ...
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Insitu completes RQ-21A Block II first flight
Insitu has completed the first flight of the RQ-21A Integrator Block II unmanned air vehicle ...
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UAE to purchase General Atomics Predators
The United Arab Emirates has signed a $197 million deal to purchase the XP version of General Atomics' Predator UAS ...
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PICTURE: Camcopter UAV flies with Thales dual-mode radar
Austrian unmanned air vehicle manufacturer Schiebel and Thales UK have joined forces to demonstrate the Camcopter S-100's ability to operate carrying the latter's I-Master dual-mode surveillance radar.
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British Army operators detail Black Hornet UAV attributes
More details have been revealed about the British Army's new Black Hornet nano-unmanned air system, with users declaring the 4.7in-long (120mm) aircraft an "unbelievable" asset.
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Northrop Grumman airship programme cancelled
The Northrop Grumman Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV), a lighter-than-air vehicle meant to keep sophisticated sensors airborne for weeks...
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US Navy UAV programmes near major milestones
The US Navy's largest unmanned air vehicle programmes are nearing major programme milestones, says Adm Matthias Winter, the executive officer managing the service's UAV and strike programmes.
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FAA to begin UAV test site selection
The US Federal Aviation Administration will begin a competition for six unmanned air vehicle (UAV) test sites by the end of February, deputy administrator Jim Williams said during the 13 February meeting of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).
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Raytheon and General Atomics team-up to integrate MALD onto Reaper
Raytheon and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems have joined forces to integrate the Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) onto the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft. The...
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Boeing readies Phantom Eye for return to flight
Boeing's Phantom Eye high-altitude, long-endurance testbed is ready to fly again - following a hard landing after its first flight in June 2012.
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Boeing completes Phantom Eye taxi trials
Boeing has completed a series of taxi trials for its Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft in preparation for the liquid hydrogen-powered machine's return to flight. The...
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SOCOM places urgent order for Insitu UAVs
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has placed an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity service order for with Insitu for medium-endurance unmanned...
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Neuron partners show off future-fighter know-how
"Our Istres flight test centre," boasts Charles Edelstenne, outgoing chief executive of Dassault Aviation, "has seen the first flights of more than 100 prototypes over the last 60 years.
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Brazil’s two largest UAS developers unite
Brazilian aerospace supplier Avibras has teamed up with the Harpia Systems joint venture by Embraer and Elbit Systems on unmanned air systems (UAS), allowing...
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AAI tackles Aerosonde propulsion fault
Engine problems have caused the loss of several AAI Aerosonde UAVs flown in support of the US Navy, Textron says ...
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Elbit, Windward to offer India maritime Hermes 900
Elbit Systems has teamed with Windward to offer a maritime surveillance system using the Hermes 900 UAV to India ...
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