Military UAVs – Page 173
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Northrop: UAVs serving anti-missile role for airliners too costly
After a US-sponsored study and flight tests, Northrop Grumman has determined that using unmanned aerial vehicles to thwart missile attacks on airliners near...
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Air power in demand - World Air Forces 2008
Continued hostilities in Afghanistan and Iraq, a brief conflict in Georgia and Turkish action against Kurdish rebel groups have kept air arms busy this year
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Denel, Elbit do battle for Brazilian UAV deal
Brazil's defence ministry has expressed its intention to acquire unmanned air vehicles to monitor its borders, with the requirement likely to be contested...
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Thales chases Rafale exports and tactical UAV sales for growth
Thales determined to boost export fortunes of French fighter as UAV prospects brighten
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Scheibel Camcopter completes sea trials
Scheibel's vertical take-off, vertical landing unmanned air vehicle Camcopter S-100 has...
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Honeywell MAV scores new name, first production contract
Honeywell has received the first production contract for the US Navy version of the RQ-16 micro air vehicle (MAV), now named the Tarantula Hawk, or “T-Hawk”.
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Finmeccanica is opening new horizons
Italy's aerospace champion Finmeccanica is extending its reach, both abroad and on the domestic market
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US Coast Guard seeks ship-based unmanned air vehicle
The US Coast Guard has resumed a process to buy a ship-based unmanned aircraft system for the first time since the cancellation of the Bell TR918 Eagle Eye...
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Italy's armed forces are tackling budget cuts
The Italian armed forces are struggling to adjust to the post-9/11 world and the simultaneous demands for homeland defence and expeditionary warfighting,...
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Raytheon plans submarine-launched UAV test
Raytheon will soon stage a demonstration of a system for launching an unmanned air vehicle from underwater, moving a step closer to follow-on tests using...
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Canada receives first Heron UAV system
Israel Aerospace Industries has delivered its first Heron unmanned air vehicle system to the Canadian armed forces under a two-year lease deal worth C$95...
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DoD takes wraps off Liberty Ship manned ISR fleet
The US Department of Defense has unveiled new details of the previously secretive "Liberty Ship" programme, aimed at rapidly fielding dozens of specially...
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New US electronic warfare strategy bans 'airborne' term
US military officials are reviving plans for a sweeping electronic warfare modernisation strategy nearly three years after the US Air Force cancelled a stand-off...
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Snow offers C-130 STOL upgrade to market
Snow Aviation International (SAI) is close to completing a major sale with a US military customer for a $6.5 million upgrade package for older-model Lockheed...
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Aeronautics' Orbiter to be made by AAI in US
Aeronautics Defense Systems has teamed with Textron company AAI to market...
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Congress directs NASA to fund small UAV research
The US Congress has directed NASA to develop small unmanned air vehicles that would operate in remote areas in its Authorisation Act for the space and aeronautics...
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ITT, Raytheon advance on rival IRCM designs
ITT and Raytheon are each making progress developing competing products for an emerging...
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Serbians go to Israel for Orbiter unmanned air vehicle training
Serbian soldiers are expected to arrive soon in Israel for training to operate an Orbiter unmanned aircraft system to be supplied by Aeronautics for $700,000...
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AAI unveils extended wing kits for Shadow 200
AAI has unveiled a new, extended-range and more capable version of the RQ-7B Shadow 200 unmanned aircraft system. The square aerofoil of the RQ-7B...