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Niger to let US forces arm drones in counter-terrorism fight

Nov 04, 2017 (AFP)

The decision comes a month after jihadists ambushed a joint US-Niger patrol in a volatile area near the border with Mali, killing four American soldiers and fou...

Insitu awarded $9.2M for parts, sustainment of RQ-21A

Oct 26, 2017 (UPI)

The RQ-21 Blackjack is a small tactical unmanned intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform used by the Department of the Navy and the U.S. Marine C...

New RoboBee flies, dives, swims and explodes out the of water

Oct 26, 2017 (SPX)

New floating devices allow this multipurpose air-water microrobot to stabilize on the water's surface before an internal combustion system ignites to propel it ...

Boeing invests in autonomous flight technology company

Oct 20, 2017 (UPI)

The U.S. airline manufacturing giant and the Pittsburgh-based company also teamed to look into business opportunities in emerging markets, Boeing said in a news...

GA-ASI in cooperative agreements with South Korean entities

Oct 19, 2017 (UPI)

The agreements were signed with Huneed Technologies Co. Ltd and the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology this week at the aerospace and defense e...

Drone Aviation awarded contract for Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat from US Defense Dept

Oct 19, 2017 (SPX)

Under terms of the contract valued in excess of $800,000, the Company expects to supply the customer with the multi-mission capable WASP during the fourth quart...

Death toll from US drone strike in Pakistan rises to 26: officials

Oct 17, 2017 (AFP)

The barrage on Monday targeted a meeting of Haqqani fighters in Pakistan's remote tribal Kurram district along the Afghan border in the deadliest attack on the ...

UK will not confirm drone death of IS 'White Widow' recruiter

Oct 12, 2017 (AFP)

Tabloid newspaper The Sun said US authorities had told them that Sally Jones, a former singer in a rock band, and her 12-year-old son died in June near the bord...

New long range drones expected in 2018

Oct 10, 2017 (UPI)

The transition comes after GA-ASI completed the last contracted MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system, which has been delivered to 12 U.S. Army operational un...

Boeing to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences

Oct 05, 2017 (UPI)

A news release Thursday did not disclose the terms of the transaction, but it noted that the takeover is still subject to regulatory approvals. "The combined st...

Marines test 3D-printed small drones

Oct 04, 2017 (UPI)

The testing of the additive-manufactured vehicles, supplied by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, took place late last month at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. ...

BAE Systems, Cranfield University envision dual-mode UAVs

Oct 01, 2017 (UPI)

Called Adaptable UAVs, the concept involves unmanned aerial vehicles that can alternate between fixed-wing and rotary flight on the same mission for greater spe...

IAI unmanned helo performs proof-of-concept demo

Oct 01, 2017 (UPI)

IAI said the Air Hopper demonstration involved two senarios: one simulated the carrying of a wounded soldier to an extraction point for medical treatment, with ...

Wanted: Novel Approaches for Detecting and Stopping Small Unmanned Air Systems

Sep 25, 2017 (SPX)

To accelerate the program's pursuit of potentially revolutionary benefits, the Agency has also issued a Request for Information (RFI) to identify promising sUAS...

Driverless hover-taxi makes first 'concept' flight in Dubai

Sep 25, 2017 (AFP)

Safety features for the two-seater air taxi include emergency parachutes and nine independent battery systems, according to Dubai's Road and Transport Authority...

Drones, Fighter jets on table as Mattis visits key ally India

Sep 24, 2017 (AFP)

Mattis is scheduled to arrive late Monday and is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new defence minister, in the first visit by a top US official ...

General Atomics wins $27 million contract for Grey Eagle drone support

Sep 21, 2017 (UPI)

The work will be conducted in Poway, Calif., and will run through March 17, 2019. The Grey Eagle is a derivative of the Predator drone designed for intelligence...

Landmark study suggests risks vary widely in drone-human impacts

Sep 21, 2017 (SPX)

Many of the most promising applications for these aircraft - including package delivery, public safety, and traffic management - entail flights over people and ...

US Air Force Academy to Use VBS3 and VBS Fires for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training

Sep 21, 2017 (SPX)

"What we are trying to do is expose cadets to how the U.S. Air Force employs air power at the operational level," said Lt. Col. Casey Tidgewell, who leads, dire...

Drones can almost see in the dark

Sep 21, 2017 (SPX)

Furthermore, the conventional cameras mounted on drones work only when there is a high amount of light available, and the drone's speed has to be limited otherw...