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US military plans drone base near Mali: official
Jan 28, 2013 (AFP)
The US military plans to set up a base for drones in northwest Africa to bolster surveillance of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the region as well as allied Islamist e...
Sagetech, ING Robotic Aviation Demonstrate Sense and Avoid Capabilities of UAV's
Jan 22, 2013 (SPX)
ING Robotic Aviation and Sagetech Corporation teamed to make Canadian aviation history in November, as a manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew ...
TerraLuma Selects Headwall's Micro Hyperspec for UAV Applications
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
The TerraLuma Project (University of Tasmania, Australia) is partnering with Headwall Photonics to bring hyperspectral technology to its fleet of unmanned aircr...
Northrop Grumman, Cassidian Fly First Sensor-Equipped Euro Hawk
Jan 14, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman and EADS Deutschland GmbH, operating through Cassidian, together achieved a major milestone with the first full system test flight of the EURO ...
US Army Awards AeroVironment Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Contract
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
AeroVironment, Inc. reports that the United States Army has selected it and four other companies to compete for future small UAS requirements under a new Firm F...
Elbit Systems to Supply Long-Range Observation Systems to the Israeli Ministry of Defense
Jan 11, 2013 (SPX)
Elbit Systems subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop ("Elop") recently was awarded a contract to supply long-range observation and target acquisition sys...
Northrop Grumman Building Company-Owned UAVs For Navy
Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman is building a company-owned unmanned aircraft for use as a development and demonstration platform for at-sea surveillance under the U.S. Navy's...
Northrop Grumman, Navy Select Telephonics Radar For Fire Scout UAS
Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman, under contract to the U.S. Navy, has selected Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, Long Island, N.Y., to...
Northrop Grumman Delivers Global Hawks to USAF
Jan 10, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has completed early delivery of two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. Global Hawk allows military commanders to receive high...
US drone attacks kill eight in Pakistan: officials
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
At least eight militants were killed and four others wounded Tuesday when US drones fired missiles at militant compounds in a lawless Pakistani tribal area, sec...
Global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Payload Market to Reach $68.6 billion by 2022
Jan 07, 2013 (SPX)
The two month postponement of the "fiscal cliff's" automatic spending cuts, including cuts to America's defense budget originally proposed by last year's seques...
What a UAV Can Do With Depth Perception
Jan 07, 2013 (SPX)
When a person reaches out to place an object in just the right place, their mind makes a series of judgments requiring vision, stability and careful movement. T...
Sky Rider to be integrated within the Digital Army Program
Jan 07, 2013 (SPX)
The Artillery Corps "Sky Rider" Unit is preparing to deploy a new UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) which will introduce a significant improvement in its takeoff,...
US drones kill 12 Taliban in Pakistan: officials
Jan 06, 2013 (AFP)
US drones fired a volley of missiles at militant hideouts in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 12 Taliban fighters near the Afghan border, security...
US drone strike kills Pakistani warlord: officials
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
US drone strikes killed a prominent warlord who sent insurgents to fight NATO troops in Afghanistan along with nine other militants in Pakistan's tribal belt, l...
Elbit Systems Israel Ministry of Defense Approximately $315 Million
Jan 02, 2013 (SPX)
Elbit Systems Ltd. has been awarded various contracts by the Israel Ministry of Defense ("IMOD"), in a number of fields of activity for a total value of approxi...
Iran claims shooting down two US-made RQ-11 drones
Jan 02, 2013 (AFP)
Iran on Wednesday said it had shot down two US-made RQ-11 reconnaissance drones in the past 15 months, adding to a ScanEagle drone and RQ-170 Sentinel stealth a...
Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology
Dec 31, 2012 (SPX)
Autonomous is nearly a household word. We hear about autonomous cars, military drones and robots. But what about spacecraft? NASA is working on that - technolog...
Japan mulls US spy drones for marine surveillance: report
Dec 31, 2012 (AFP)
Japan is considering introducing US spy drones to boost surveillance of its territorial waters near islands in the East China Sea at the centre of a bitter disp...
US drone strike kills four in Pakistan: officials
Dec 28, 2012 (AFP)
US drones targeting a suspected militant compound on Friday killed four people in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials sa...
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