Military UAVs – Page 167
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A century of shows
The Paris air show is 100 years old this year. Will the global downturn mar the celebrations?
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PARIS AIR SHOW: ScanEagle finds 'sweet spot' as globally ubiquitous airborne sensor
Insitu's ScanEagle unmanned air system was originally designed to help tuna fisherman. It failed to find a niche on trawlers, but the miniature vehicle has been invaluable to the military community
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PICTURES: Saab launches manufacturing work on Neuron air vehicle
Saab has launched fresh windtunnel tests of the Neuron unmanned combat air vehicle's frozen outer shape ...
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PICTURE: Aeronautics reveals Picador unmanned helicopter
Israel's Aeronautics Defense Systems has test flown a half-scale model of its Picador unmanned rotorcraft and expects to receive approval from the nation's...
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NewsPICTURE: Steadicopter flies Black Eagle 50 UAV
Israeli firm Steadicopter has unveiled its Black Eagle 50 mini rotary unmanned air vehicle. The design is 2.3m (7.5ft) long and has a rotor diameter of 2m,...
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Business - briefs
Bristow Group has acquired 42.5% of Lider Aviacao, Brazil's largest provider...
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BlueBird plans rifle-launch test for MicroB air vehicle
Israel's BlueBird Aero Systems has announced plans to test launch a MicroB UAV from a standard assault rifle ...
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Canada cancels unmanned air system industry day on eve of defence and security show
Canada's Department of National Defence has abruptly cancelled an industry day for a major new contract for high-end unmanned air systems ...
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Israel's Innocon responds to Ugandan UAV request
Israel's Innocon is offering its Mini Facon 1 UAV to meet a Ugandan border surveillance requirement ...
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NewsPICTURE: Italy completes tests with improved Predator A UAV
Italy's General Directorate for Aeronautical Armaments in late May completed a campaign of tests in the USA on a first batch of three improved General Atomics...
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2010 could see five-day UAV flight at 20,000ft
Aurora Flight Sciences has developed a version of its Orion unmanned air vehicle that uses a commercially available...
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US Air Force to outline unmanned air system doctrine to 2047
The US Air Force expects to soon incorporate into doctrine its 80-page unmanned air systems flight plan, now nearing the end of its development...
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This Week briefings
India's Kingfisher Airlines closed the book on Airbus's pre-XWB A350 by formally converting its 2005...
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DOD reform agenda intact with $663.8 billion request
The Department of Defense on 7 May unveiled a Fiscal 2010 budget request that still preserves all of the most controversial budget decisions announced a...
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UK MoD flying wing UAV study completed
A £120,000 ($180,600) six-month UK Ministry of Defence study of a quad ducted fan-driven flying wing unmanned air vehicle has been completed. Reading-based...
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Radical response
If Karem Aircraft's AeroTrain takes off, short-range air transport will be a vastly different proposition in the future.