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Aurora Flight Services receives DARPA funding
Oct 02, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has given Aurora Flight Sciences Phase 1B funding for continued participation in the VTOL X-Plane project. Th...
AeroVironment supplying spare parts for Army's unmanned aerial systems
Oct 01, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Army has given AeroVironment Inc. multi-million dollar orders to provide spare parts for Raven and Puma AE unmanned aerial vehicles. Delivery of the sp...
California bans paparazzi drones
Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)
California on Tuesday approved a law which will prevent paparazzi from using drones to take photos of celebrities, among a series of measures aimed at tightenin...
USMC Orders RQ-12 Wasp AE UAVs
Sep 29, 2014 (SPX)
AeroVironment has announced it has received a firm fixed-price order valued at $21,779,408 for RQ-12 Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial s...
AeroVironment's Wasp microdrone being supplied to Marine Corps
Sep 25, 2014 (UPI)
AeroVironment Inc.'s short-range RQ-12 unmanned aerial system is being added to the U.S. Marine Corps' tactical UAS inventory. The hand-launched RQ-12, known as...
Fury glide bomb dropped from Shadow UAS
Sep 24, 2014 (UPI)
Small precision glide bombs have been successfully dropped from a small unmanned aircraft system at the Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona. In two live-fire...
Iran unveils new missile-equipped drone
Sep 23, 2014 (AFP)
Iran on Tuesday unveiled a new missile-equipped drone to boost its military arsenal, as part of events marking the end of its 1980-1988 war against Iraq. Irania...
IBC Advanced Alloys Delivers First UAS Components for Analysis
Sep 22, 2014 (SPX)
IBC Advanced Alloys has successfully delivered several unmanned aerial system (UAS) demonstration articles manufactured using IBC's proprietary Beralcast techno...
Watch: MQ-4C Triton UAV flies cross-country for new testing
Sep 19, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle is entering a new phase of testing after flying from California to Maryland. Northrop Grumman, prime contra...
Insitu Inc. receives ScanEagle engine
Sep 17, 2014 (UPI)
The first purpose-built propulsion system for the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle has been delivered to Insitu Inc. by an Australian company. Orbital Corporat...
Boeing may assist Sky-Watch in UAV development
Sep 16, 2014 (UPI)
Boeing of the United States is exploring ways to help a Danish company develop a new type of unmanned aerial vehicle. The company is Sky-Watch and its project i...
Nothrop to provide Air Force with more Global Hawk drones
Sep 15, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force is expanding its fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems and has contracted Northrop Grumman for the drones. The award -- firm-fi...
Helicopter-Type UAVs May Appear in Russian Navy in One Year
Sep 10, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
Research and development company Radar MMS is waiting for the Russian Navy to place orders for its Breeze, a helicopter-type unmanned flying radar. "If the Navy...
Unmanned vehicles tested in Arctic
Sep 05, 2014 (UPI)
The use of unmanned ground and aerial vehicles in Artic conditions has been studied by scientists and technicians of Canada's Department of National Defense. Th...
RQ-4 Global Hawk Demonstrates Expanded Mission Capabilities
Sep 04, 2014 (SPX)
With several test flights this summer, the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Wide Area Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) proved its ability to operate w...
Unmanned Aircraft Partnership Reaches Major Milestone
Sep 04, 2014 (SPX)
A team of research students and staff from Warsaw University of Technology have successfully demonstrated the first phase of flight test and integration of unma...
Global Hawk Variants Surpass 100,000 Operational Hours
Sep 04, 2014 (SPX)
Two U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in Northrop Grumman's high altitude long endurance (HALE) series safely surpassed 100,000 comba...
First Ever RQ-4 Global Hawk Hits 100th Flight on NASA Mission
Sep 04, 2014 (SPX)
The first completed Global Hawk has made history again with its 100th flight in support of NASA environmental research. The milestone occurred on a flight from ...
Israel downs drone from Syria over occupied Golan: army
Aug 31, 2014 (AFP)
Israel downed a drone over the occupied Golan Heights on Sunday, the army said, amid mounting tension on the UN-patrolled armistice line with Syria on the strat...
Google tests using drones to deliver goods
Aug 28, 2014 (AFP)
Google on Thursday said it is testing using drones to deliver items bought online, putting its own spin on similar efforts by Internet retail titan Amazon.com. ...
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