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Air Force orders more Predator/Reaper training simulators
Jan 27, 2016 (UPI)
L-3 Link Simulation & Training reports it is building 34 new Predator Mission Aircrew Training System simulators for the U.S. Air Force. The new Predator simula...
U.S. drone Gray Eagle to be deployed in South Korea
Jan 27, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. drone Gray Eagle is to be deployed on the Korean peninsula in the wake of North Korea's fourth nuclear test, according to South Korea press. The unmann...
Textron Systems to supply Shadow UAV for U.S. Army
Jan 25, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Army has awarded Textron Systems a $97 million contract modification for the RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system. The Shadow 200 is used by ...
Blackjack UAS gains IOC status, ready for Marine deployment
Jan 21, 2016 (UPI)
The RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system by Insitu is ready for deployment and use by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corp. Initial Operational Capability status ...
Record number of Reaper drones crashed in 2015
Jan 21, 2016 (UPI)
A record number of U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles crashed in 2015 due to electrical problems, even as the drones are in high demand. The Ge...
A firefighter drone that flies and crawls up walls
Jan 20, 2016 (SPX)
The 1974 American disaster film Towering Inferno depicted well the earnest struggles of firefighters engaged in ending a fire at a 138-story skyscraper. To this...
Sikorsky tests unmanned ground vehicle with unmanned Black Hawk
Jan 20, 2016 (UPI)
Sikorsky, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, partnered with Carnegie Mellon University for a joint autonomy demonstration involving an unmanned ground vehicle and...
Inside North Korea's secret UAV program
Jan 19, 2016 (Sputnik)
North Korea has been honing its drone system for over 25 years, developing advanced drones believed to be capable of both airstrikes and deep infiltration. Here...
Ground broken on Gray Eagle UAS training facility
Jan 14, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District along with officials and contractors broke ground at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, beginning t...
Saab delivering U.S.-made quadcopter drones to Swedish Police
Jan 14, 2016 (UPI)
Saab is to deliver U.S.-made unmanned Qube quadcopters to the Swedish Police this year, the company reports. Three Qube quadcopters from AeroVironment will be d...
Germany to lease Israeli Heron TP UAVs
Jan 13, 2016 (UPI)
The German armed forces have decided to lease the Israeli-made Heron TP unmanned aerial vehicle to support its troops during deployment. The Heron TP was manufa...
KVH Introduces FOG-based Inertial Navigation Systems for UAV Applications
Jan 13, 2016 (SPX)
KVH Industries has introduced the GEO-FOG 3D inertial navigation system (INS). This new product offers roll, pitch, and heading accuracies of .05 degrees for de...
Germany to buy Israeli drones which can be weaponised: minister
Jan 12, 2016 (AFP)
Germany said Tuesday that it would buy up to five military reconnaissance drones capable of carrying missiles from Israel until a similar European model has hit...
Iraq drone strike mistake kills 9 militiamen: spokesman
Jan 10, 2016 (AFP)
An Iraqi drone strike killed nine members of the pro-government Popular Mobilisation paramilitary force near Tikrit in an apparent case of so-called "friendly f...
Pentagon award to recognize US drone operators
Jan 06, 2016 (AFP)
The US military will create a new way to recognize drone operators and other service members who contribute to America's fighting efforts from afar. According t...
Navy tests cooperative soaring for UAV sailplanes
Jan 06, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has completed a series of flight tests for unmanned aerial vehicles, demonstrating the concept of cooperative soaring using s...
Israeli-made AirMule UAV performs first untethered flight
Jan 05, 2016 (UPI)
A new Israeli-made VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle has performed its first untethered flight following months of delay caused by a ground incident. The vertical-ta...
Tern moves closer to full-scale demonstration of VTOL UAVs for small ships
Jan 01, 2016 (SPX)
Small-deck ships such as destroyers and frigates could greatly increase their effectiveness if they had their own unmanned air systems (UASs) to provide intelli...
DARPA awards Northrop Grumman Phase III TERN contract
Dec 28, 2015 (UPI)
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected Northrop Grumman to develop a a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle that can be launc...
Army unit retires Hunter unmanned aircraft systems
Dec 23, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Army has retired its Hunter unmanned aircraft system after 20 years of service. The medium-altitude RQ-5 Hunter, developed by Israel Aerospace Industri...
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