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New flyover in French drone mystery
Nov 08, 2014 (AFP)
Another unidentified drone was spotted this week flying over a French nuclear plant, adding to a spate of mystery drones over the past month, the nuclear plant ...
Britain, France award joint contracts for UAV program
Nov 06, 2014 (UPI)
Three aerospace industry groups have received contracts by the British and French procurement agencies for the joint Unmanned Combat Air System. The UCAS, also ...
Britain, France launch feasibility study for joint military drones
Nov 05, 2014 (AFP)
Britain and France Wednesday tasked two major defence contractors with a two-year feasibility study over a joint military drone project, with the aim of getting...
Poland to buy armed drones amid Ukraine crisis
Nov 04, 2014 (AFP)
NATO member Poland said Tuesday it will acquire combat drones as part of a multi-billion-euro revamp of its armed forces amid heightened tensions with Russia ov...
Mystery deepens as more drones spotted over French nuclear plants
Nov 01, 2014 (AFP)
Drones have overflown five more nuclear plants in France, sources said on Saturday, the latest in a mysterious string of such incidents across the country. The ...
Airbus DS, DCNS partner to advance unmanned naval helicopter system
Oct 31, 2014 (UPI)
Airbus Defense and Space and DCNS are partnering for continued development of a ship-based unmanned tactical helicopter called Tanen. Tanen has a maximum take-o...
Insitu Inc. announces next-generation ScanEagle 2
Oct 30, 2014 (UPI)
A next-generation ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle has been announced by Insitu Inc., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The ScanEagle 2 provides increased pa...
Singapore to deploy massive surveillance balloon
Oct 29, 2014 (AFP)
Singapore will deploy a huge tethered surveillance balloon to boost its maritime and air security, the defence ministry has announced. The helium-filled "aerost...
Australia to extend lease of unmanned aerial vehicles
Oct 28, 2014 (UPI)
Australia is extending its contract with Canada-headquarted McDonald, Detwiler and Associates for continued use of Heron remotely piloted aircraft. One Heron, a...
'Ambulance drone' prototype unveiled in Holland
Oct 28, 2014 (AFP)
A Dutch-based student on Tuesday unveiled a prototype of an "ambulance drone", a flying defibrillator able to reach heart attack victims within precious life-sa...
Navy validates landing, takeoff of MQ-8C unmanned helo
Oct 24, 2014 (UPI)
Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C unmanned autonomous helicopter has completed precision sloped landing tests at a U.S. Navy base in California. The testing of Fire Scou...
Mapping drone prompts China to scramble fighter jets: report
Oct 23, 2014 (AFP)
China deployed more than 1,200 troops and scrambled fighter jets in response to an unauthorised flight near Beijing airport by what turned out to be a mapping d...
Aerostat surveillance system being evaluated by CBP
Oct 23, 2014 (UPI)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is evaluating a Lockheed Martin aerostat surveillance system along the border with Mexico. The system is the Persistent Threa...
US drone crashes at Niger airport
Oct 20, 2014 (AFP)
A US drone crash-landed at Niger's main airport for unknown reasons on Monday, the US army said, forcing the closure of the runway for several hours. The "hard ...
Britain to deploy Reaper drones against ISIS in Iraq
Oct 17, 2014 (UPI)
Britain's Royal Air Force is deploying Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles in the fight against Islamic State forces, also known as ISIS/ISIL, who control large sec...
Britain to re-deploy drones from Afghanistan to Iraq
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
Britain will shortly begin re-deploying its unmanned armed drones from Afghanistan to counter Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond ...
NMSU Physical Science Lab tests unmanned aircraft over active mine
Oct 10, 2014 (SPX)
New Mexico State University's Physical Science Laboratory Unmanned Aircraft Flight Test Center acquired a Certificate of Authorization from the Federal Aviation...
DARPA Awards AeroVironment Phase II Tern Contract
Oct 10, 2014 (SPX)
AeroVironment has announced the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected the company and its team of industry leaders to follow its succes...
US drone strike kills four in NW Pakistan: officials
Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)
A US drone attack has killed at least four militants in a restive northwestern Pakistani tribal area on the Afghan border, officials said Thursday, taking the t...
Airbus seeks civil certification unmanned aerial vehicle in Europe
Oct 08, 2014 (UPI)
An application for civil type certification for flying an unmanned aerial vehicle in European civilian airspace has been filed by Airbus Defense and Space. The ...
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