Military UAVs – Page 147
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Opinion
Comment: Human factors
What we all know as unmanned aircraft systems are called remotely piloted aircraft by the US Air Force. The difference is expensive, but the service's culture may be hard to change
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HASC denies USAF UAV funding shift
The House Armed Services Committee has denied a Pentagon reprogramming request that would have cut more than $139 million from two unmanned aerial vehicle...
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L-3 to buy Airborne Technologies, Inc.
L-3 Communications will expand its unmanned system portfolio with the acquisition of acquired Airborne Technologies, Incorporated (ATI). The acquisition...
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NewsAustralia signs Heron UAV contract extension
Australia has extended its deal to operate leased Heron UAVs in Afghanistan until at least December 2011 ...
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Aircraft engineers look to bird world for new and improved wing designs
Aircraft wing designers have drawn their inspiration from birds since the dawn of aviation. But engineers are still finding ways of improving design based on examples found in the ornithological world.
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NewsSuperfast in-flight connectivity on horizon as Inmarsat reveals $1.2b Ka plan
Ultra-high-speed in-flight connectivity via Ka-band satellites is on the horizon for commercial and business aircraft operators following Inmarsat's decision...
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Control science tops list of USAF science and technology priorities
If the chief scientist of the US Air Force is correct, the key technology challenge for airpower over the next two decades is not directed energy, cruise...
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PICTURES: Russia's Zala Aero flies long-endurance UAV
Russia's Zala Aero has flown a new medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle named the Zala 421-20 ...
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Cranfield Aerospace seeks backing for Valkyrie UAV
Cranfield Aerospace has conducted a first series of flight tests with its Valkyrie vertical take-off and landing mini unmanned air vehicle ...
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Boeing enters third P-8A into flight test
Boeing has introduced the third and last dedicated flight test aircraft for the US Navy's P-8A anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol programme ...
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NewsInsitu wins long-awaited US Navy STUAS deal
The US Navy has awarded its much-anticipated small tactical unmanned aircraft systems contract to the Boeing/Insitu Integrator ...
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Boeing unmanned A160T crashes at California airport
US authorities are investigating what caused a Boeing A160T Hummingbird unmanned aircraft system to crash at Victorville airport in California on 28 July ...
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BAE close to launch contract for APKWS rocket
BAE Systems should today receive its first production orders for a new low-cost guided rocket that will equip the US Marine Corps' attack helicopters ...
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NewsQinetiq's solar-powered Zephyr completes 14-day flight
Qinetiq has completed a 14 day and 21min flight with its Zephyr high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system ...
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FARNBOROUGH: Diamond to develop military jet version of D-Jet
Diamond Aircraft is developing a military trainer version of its D-Jet single-engined personal jet, which will be pitched at under $3 million.
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FARNBOROUGH: Delcam helping to boost productivity
Midlands-based Delcam is at Farnborough to demonstrate how it can help aerospace companies of all size boost their manufacturing productivity.
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FARNBOROUGH: ScanEagle could help Gulf clean-up
InSitu has offered to help BP keep an eye on the spread of oil and the ongoing clean-up process in the Gulf of Mexico.
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FARNBOROUGH: Manx firm shows smallest turbine
The smallest axial flow gas turbine was brought to the show by Isle of Man engineering firm Bladon Jets
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NewsFARNBOROUGH: Phantom Ray to get 747 piggyback ride to California
Boeing's medium-altitude Phantom Ray unmanned air vehicle will get a piggyback ride on a 747 to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in California for testing, the company announced at the show.
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FARNBOROUGH: General Atomics says Avenger ready for RAF
The next generation of Predator unmanned air vehicles is moving quickly through its scheduled test programme, says General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,...