Military UAVs – Page 305
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Pentagon prepares for Global Hawk
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense is preparing to approve limited production of the Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical RQ-4A Global Hawk as the high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle begins 13 months of US military user assessments and prepares to be deployed to Australia. US Navy Rear Adm ...
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Aerospatiale Matra fishes for army contract with Heron
Aerospatiale Matra is using an Israeli long endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to compete for a French army requirement for a medium altitude vehicle. The Israel Aircraft Industries Heron UAV (above) was displayed by Aerospatiale Matra at the Paris air show as the Eagle without any hint that it was ...
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UK sends for Sender tenders
The UK Ministry of Defence is to award 12-month assessment contracts for its Sender unit-level unmanned air vehicle (UAV) requirement next year. Sender is one of two emerging tactical UAV requirements that specify systems to enter British Army service in around 2008. It will have a range of 30km ...
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US Predators give extra guidance
The US Army has installed laser designators on four General Atomics Predator unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to mark targets for laser-guided munitions. The designators are also available for use on TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter vehicles. "This concept of operation would facilitate target acquisition, permit the aircraft to release their ...
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Israel serenades Turkey with Guitar
Israeli manufacturers continue to use Israel's growing military relationship with Turkey to pursue requirements from Ankara. Rafael hopes Turkey could be a potential launch customer for the Guitar passive missile warning system. Israel's two leading unmanned air vehicle (UAV) manufacturers are mounting a joint bid for a $350 million ...
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Italian trim
5,000 Italian air force personnel are to lose their jobs as reorganisation continuesAndy Nativi/GENOABy 2005, the Italian air force plans to have cut its ranks to about 55,000 personnel, also reducing its number of bases and shedding aircraft. The latest changes mean that 5,000 people will be axed, at ...
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The future is smart
First came precision guidance: now all-weather missiles are set to join the US arsenal Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NATO's dependence on precision guided munitions (PGMs) is expected to grow in the coming years, when current-generation laser-guided bombs will be complemented by all-weather weapons using global positioning/inertial navigation system (GPS/INS) guiding and ...
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Bids in for US Army UAV contest
Seven bids have been submitted for the US Army's tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) competition, although the number could rise following a deadline extension. The competition is for an off-the-shelf unmanned air vehicle (UAVs) - equipped with electro-optical and infrared payloads - that can provide surveillance and target acquisition ...
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USAF considers re-opening Agent Defeat Warhead competition
The USAF is considering re-opening a competition for its Agent Defeat Warhead (ADW) programme after the first round, for initial development and demonstration, failed to attract bids "of sufficient merit to warrant an award". In March, the Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate at Eglin AFB, Florida, sought technical ...
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Accident delays vertical take-off SEAMOS tests
Ramon Lopez/PARIS Critical land-based flight trials of the DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) SEAMOS vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV), due this September, have been delayed by at least four months because of a crash that severely damaged the only flight demonstrator. The flight demonstration, at the Meldorf North ...
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General Atomics/Meteor team on Italian bid
Italy's unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and air target manufacturer Meteor has teamed with General Atomics Aeronautical of the USA to offer the US-built Predator to the Italian Ministry of Defence in response to a requirement for a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV. General Atomics will provide Predator-related hardware, software and systems ...
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UK to reveal tactical UAV requirements
The UK Ministry of Defence will issue its tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV) requirements to support land operations at an industry briefing this month. "The programme is aimed at companies that will have an interest in participating as prime or major subcontractors in any future competitive tendering exercises for ...
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France unwraps secret Eagle UAV
Matra BAe Dynamics has revealed its Eagle high altitude, long endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV), a programme for the French Ministry of Defence which was secret until the show. The 20m (65ft)-span demonstrator first flew last October when it underwent trials, operating 4,000km (2,160nm) from its base, from where it ...
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Multi target system on show
The BORAP reconnaissance system should ensure that Omnipol is on target for a great Paris '99. BORAP is capable of following at least 50 targets simultaneously up to a range of 450km. It's one of a range of passive monitoring systems exported by Omnipol. Such systems are only ...
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BAe demonstrator may fly ahead of plan
Tim Ripley A flying technology demonstrator for the UK's future offensive air system (FOAS) is likely to be brought forward as the British Aerospace-led research effort gathers pace. FOAS is intended to replace the Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 fleet late in the second decade of next century ...
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Phantom Works tackles advanced commercial design
Boeing's Phantom Works, which started life in secrecy as part of fighter builder McDonnell Douglas, has begun to get involved in advanced development work for Boeing's commercial airliner group. The Phantom Works is now a "virtual" operation, headquartered in St Louis, but with outposts at all of Boeing's major ...
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UAVs may fly in display at Paris 2001
With more than 50 unmanned aerial vehicles present at this year's show, it has been a bumper year for what was once considered the poor relation of the aviation industry. At the 2001 show, the organiser has secured the agreement of the air traffic authorities to allow UAVs ...
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Israeli F-16s are targeted for upgrades
Elisra Electronic Systems and Lockheed Martin have signed a co-operation agreement to market previously competing electronic warfare (EW) suites for the F-16. Under the deal, EW systems from Elisra and Lockheed Martin's Sanders subsidiary will be offered as baseline systems on the F-16. The agreement, which covers the sale of ...
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Millennium force
Singapore's air force is raising its international profile through plans to host a global air forces' summit Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE The island republic of Singapore has a reputation as an oasis of relative calm in a region rocked by economic and political upheaval. With a population of 3 million and no ...
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NASA cloud research flights completed
A series of pioneering atmospheric research flights has been completed by NASA and the US Department of Energy (DoE) at the US Navy's Pacific Missile Range at Kaua'i, Hawaii, using the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Altus unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The flights were the first to measure characteristics of ...