Military UAVs – Page 128
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Indian navy considering Northrop's MQ-4C BAMS
Northrop Grumman is pitching its MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft system to the Indian navy.
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NewsSikorsky to explore unmanned role for Black Hawk
Sikorsky hopes to demonstrate an optionally piloted resupply mission using a fly-by-wire-equipped UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopter by the end of this year.
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PARIS: Geocopter delivers unmanned rotorcraft to Dutch NLR
Dutch company Geocopter has delivered its first light unmanned rotorcraft system, named GC-201, to its launch customer and development partner, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR).
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PARIS: Turkey launches armed, unmanned helicopter prototype
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has launched a small, armed, unmanned helicopter to expand a widening portfolio in the unmanned airborne systems market.
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PARIS: European aerospace too divided to compete globally
Europe's defence aerospace companies run the risk of losing out on the global stage if they do not unite to develop future unmanned platforms, France's defence minister, Gérard Longuet, has warned.
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PARIS: S-100 UAV gets go-ahead for French Gowind corvette
France's navy will employ the unmanned Camcopter S-100 rotorcraft by Vienna-based Schiebel on board its new Gowind-class offshore patrol vessels.
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PARIS: Northrop Grumman continues Fire-X testing
Northrop Grumman continues to test its developmental Fire-X unmanned helicopter, in response to the navy's need for an unmanned platform with long endurance.
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NewsPARIS: Rafael and Aeronautics strengthen UAS co-operation
Rafael will work through fellow Israeli company Aeronautics with clients that need unmanned air systems as part of their operational requirements.
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NewsPARIS: MQ-8B Fire Scout down in Libya
A Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout has gone down in Libya, according to NATO.
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PARIS: Interview: Thales defence SVP Pierre-Eric Pommellet
Pierre-Eric Pommellet is Thales's senior vice president of defence mission systems. He talks to Flightglobal about the growing importance of unmanned aerial vehicles, the significance of India's shortlisting of the Dassault Rafale fighter and the likely impact of the 'Arab Spring' on the global defence market
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PARIS: Oklahoma's unmanned aerospace ambitions
The recent history of regional economic development is categorised by fads. In the early 1990s, which saw the decoding of the human genome and officially proclaimed "decade of the brain", every state and region sought a biotechnology complex
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NewsPARIS: Watchkeeper UAV to make Afghanistan debut in December
The British Army will be ready to start using its first Watchkeeper tactical unmanned air vehicles in Afghanistan this December ...
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PARIS: Interview: AgustaWestland chief executive Bruno Spagnolini
Bruno Spagnolini - newly appointed chief executive of AgustaWestland - tells Flightglobal how the company is dealing with declining European markets by pursing a growing number of overseas joint ventures, and details progress on several new programmes.
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PARIS: EADS calls for consolidation of Europe's UAV efforts
Europe risks diluting its unmanned air system capabilities and delaying a key security asset if its biggest military spenders fund rival medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) programmes, believes EADS.
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PARIS: Selex Galileo takes wraps off new-look Falco UAV, cites Italian interest
Selex Galileo took the wraps off its new-look Falco Evo unmanned air vehicle on Monday, and also revealed Italian military interest in the extended-range model.
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PARIS: IAI seeks more UAS joint ventures
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) plans to enhance its involvement in the international unmanned air systems market by increasing co-operation and forming joint ventures with foreign companies.
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PARIS: Innocon completes tests of Peru's MicroFalcon UAS
Innocon's MicroFalcon mini unmanned air system has completed flight testing as it nears delivery to the Peruvian army. The MicroFalcon is a mini UAS with a duration of up to 4h and ceiling of 15,000ft (4,580m).
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PARIS: Interview - Selex Galileo chief executive Fabrizio Giulianini
Fabrizio Giulianini is chief executive of Selex Galileo
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PARIS: Interview - IAI chairman Yair Shamir
As a former pilot in the Israeli air force, Yair Shamir is aware at any given moment where the potential targets are. The chairman of Israel Aerospace Industries says that the US market - which brings about $1 billion to the bank accounts of the largest Israel aerospace company - ...
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NewsPARIS: Sky-Y spearheads Alenia's Paris return
Alenia returns to Paris with the Sky-Y unmanned air vehicle testbed. The aircraft is in the midst of its fourth testing regime, the latest intended to test flight control software.