Military UAVs – Page 140
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NewsAurora unveils Orion
Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled its Orion UAS, which will undergo a five-day flight for the US Air Force Research Laboratory ...
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NewsPhantom Ray completes low-speed taxis
Boeing's Phantom Ray UAV has performed low-speed taxi tests at Lambert International Airport in St Louis ...
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NASA revives X-plane hopes with environmental goals
Can NASA meet a challenging list of environmental goals? The agency's aeronautics branch could achieve its aims with full-scale testbeds - if it can obtain funding ...
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DARPA explains Falcon HTV-2 flight failure
DARPA has revealed why the Falcon HTV-2's maiden flight ended in the aircraft self-destructing ...
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NewsPICTURES: Aeronautics flies Orbiter-3 UAV
The Orbiter-3 unmanned air vehicle performed its first autonomous flight on 17 November, a few days after Aeronautics Defense Systems launched an initial...
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USAF selects three to compete for insurgent jammer
The US Air Force has selected three companies to bid for a $200 million programme to field an electronic attack pod aimed at jamming communications networks...
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Innocon to convert ultralight for unmanned fishery control mission
Israeli unmanned air vehicle manufacturer Innocon is converting a two-seat ultralight into a UAV targeted at the...
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Picador unmanned rotorcraft makes first flight
Israel's Aeronautics Defense Systems has performed the first flight of its Picador unmanned rotorcraft. Company president Avi Leumi says the debut...
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Italy special: Italian defence programmes hit by budget squeeze
While JSF should provide a bounty for industry, budget cuts have already affected other key programmes, such as Eurofighter
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NewsItalian army reveals AW129 upgrade plan
The Italian army's AW129 attack helicopters are to get new targeting and missile systems under a major modernisation ...
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Germany to field Rafael's Imilite system with Heron UAVs
The German air force will deploy Rafael's Imilite imagery intelligence system to Afghanistan this week, partly to support operations with its Heron UAVs ...
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Kazakhstan seeks defence deal for 45 EC145s
Kazakhstan could acquire up to 45 Eurocopter EC145 medium-twin helicopters for military applications ...
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Business briefs
The helicopter production facility set up by India's Tata Advanced Systems at the Special Economic Zone in Adibatla, near Hyderabad, will deliver its first consignment of cabins for S-92 helicopters to the US airframer this month
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Israel eyes countermeasures for casevac UAVs
Israel's development of UAVs for battlefield casualty evacuation tasks has prompted interest in related self-protection equipment ...
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NewsBlueBird makes UAV sale to African army
An African army has signed a contract to purchase BlueBird's fuel cell-powered Boomerang unmanned air vehicle ...
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Interview
Working week - Lyndon Yorke
Years of experience with myriad sensors fitted to a wealth of aircraft around the globe led Lyndon Yorke to set up Trackair Services, where he now brokers resources and solves problems for international operations
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Sagem scouts for Kazakh, Ukraininian UAV deals
Sagem has signed new UAV co-operation agreements which it hopes could lead to deals in Kazakhstan and Ukraine ...
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Mini UAVs promoted for infrastructure security tasks
Integrators of multi-layered security systems are showing increasing interest in using mini unmanned air vehicles as a tool that will positively identify and "incriminate" threats before deadly force is used to stop them.
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This Week briefing
EADS's Astrium division has been awarded a five-month study by the European Union's Single Sky future air traffic management programme to look into new satellite solutions for tracking aircraft over remote locations
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Australian Heron UAVs return to flight
Australian defence forces resumed use of the Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Afghanistan on 1 November after temporarily grounding the fleet for 24...