Military UAVs – Page 204
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EADS receives €60 million contract for Advanced UAV study
EADS has launched a 15-month risk-reduction phase for Europe's Advanced unmanned air vehicle initiative ...
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NewsBoeing A160T Hummingbird UAV crashes
Boeing is investigating the cause of a 10 December crash in which a turbine-powered A160T Hummingbird unmanned helicopter was destroyed ...
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Business briefs 11 December 2007
Spirit to make composites in Malaysia expansion US aerostructures maker Spirit AeroSystems has firmed up an agreement with Malaysia's national airport...
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PICTURE: USAF demonstrates automated refuelling positioning system
This recent test flight shows the Automated Aerial Refueling system (AAR), developed by the US Air Force Research Laboratory and Boeing Phantom Works, manoeuvring...
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Defence briefs
DUTCH ENGINES Avio/Philips joint venture DutchAero and the Royal Netherlands Air Force's Woensdrecht Logistics Centre will provide maintenance, repair...
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US police experiment with Insitu, Honeywell UAVs
Miami-Dade police department in Florida is to test Honeywell's...
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NewsEurocontrol publishes world’s first standards for operating UAVs in civil airspace
Eurocontrol has published its required standards for operating military unmanned air vehicles in civil airspace. On 3 December the organisation released...
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European specifications for military UAVs in civil airspace
The most basic of the European unmanned air vehicle specifications is: "For ATM purposes, where it becomes necessary to categorise UAV operations, this should...
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Swiss use UAV to monitor soccer crowds
Zurich police, in co-operation with the Swiss military, used the Ruag Ranger unmanned air vehicle, designated ADS 95 by the Swiss army, to monitor crowds...
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EADS UAV project may get Turkish development support
Turkey's undersecretariat for defence industries has confirmed it is in discussions with Germany...
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NewsAustralia to get tailored I-View tactical system
Israel Aerospace Industries has been called on to modify its I-View 250 unmanned air vehicle as part of a deal to supply two tactical unmanned air vehicle...
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Northrop Grumman begins testing X-47B UCAS-D software
Northrop Grumman has begun installing systems in the first X-47B under the $635 million US...
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BAMS contest to define US Navy surveillance
surveillance BAMS contest to define US Navy martime oversight The US Navy is scheduled to announce the winner of its $2 billion Broad Area Maritime...
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New risk mitigation studies planned for NATO AGS programme
The US Air Force is preparing to launch studies of potential linkages between NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance programme and its own rolling Northrop...
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DARPA sets ball rolling for Rapid Eye UAV system
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has released a broad agency solicitation for development and demonstration of its proposed Rapid Eye ballistic...
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NewsEDA plans €6 million UAV spend in 2008
The European Defence Agency is planning to spend up to €6 million ($8.8 million) on new unmanned air vehicle initiatives in 2008 under funding arrangements...
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Hermes 900 bid for Canadian unmanned air vehicle programme
Elbit Systems has confirmed it is bidding for the current Canadian Department of National Defence's joint airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance...
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RAF Reapers to be armed from December
The UK Royal Air Force expects to begin carrying live weapons aboard its General...