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First Flight Of Land-Based MQ-8B Fire Scout San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 
A Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS), designated P7, has successfully completed first flight operations at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. Unlike current Navy configured Fire Scouts, P7 was built in an operational land-based configuration. It is the first MQ-8B to fly without flight test instrumentation normally installed for developmental flights ... read moreIsrael takes flak over killer drones 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 1, 2009 In a scathing report that could affect the United States' highly controversial use of armed drone aircraft in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of indiscriminate use of these craft in the winter invasion of the Gaza Strip. The report, issued in Jerusalem Tuesday, focused on six missile attacks by Israeli unmanned combat aerial vehicles that the human rights ... more
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New generation of UAVs displayed
Palmdale, Calif. (UPI) Jun 30, 2009 The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have displayed a new generation of the company's unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. Officials unveiled the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk last week in California. The craft is the latest in a series of unmanned aerial vehicles from Northrop Grumman. The company said its previous entries in the series have approximately 24,000 hours in support of troops ... more Unveilling Next-Gen High-Flying Global Hawk UAV 
Palmdale CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2009Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force unveiled the next-generation of high-flying unmanned aircraft - the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk - in a ceremony at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility. "This unveiling of the first of 15 Block 40 aircraft is a significant step to fielding Global Hawk to Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, in 2010 and reaffirms our ... more Israel sells UAVs to Russia, on condition 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jun 26, 2009 Israel has sold Russia 12 of its second-tier unmanned aerial vehicles, which the Russians badly want to produce themselves. But the $53 million deal is reported to have a catch: Russia should not sell its advanced S-300PMU air-defense system to Iran, which wants the missiles to protect its nuclear facilities from Israeli air and ballistic missile strikes. It is surprising in ... more EADS lobbies for European drone business 
Paris (UPI) Jun 25, 2009 The European Aeronautics Defense & Space Co., the European military giant, is eager to boost its standing in the lucrative market for drones with a joint European model. Officially called unmanned aerial vehicles, the drones have seen an increasing use in dangerous conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Because of low operating costs and a reduced risk for personnel, who can be stationed ... more |
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QinetiQ Readies Aberporth UAV Centre For Watchkeeper
Farnborough, UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2009A key milestone in the GBP899m MOD project to develop the Watchkeeper Unmanned Air System has been reached on schedule. QinetiQ, working closely with other stakeholders, has delivered the necessary infrastructure and facilities at ParcAberporth, Ceredigion, South Wales, as part of its ongoing pound5m support contract - which means the Watchkeeper trials programme can commence here in the Autumn. ... more Boeing Submits Proposal For USMC Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Demon 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 05, 2009Boeing has submitted a proposal offering its A160T Hummingbird for the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's Immediate Cargo Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Demonstration Program. "The Marines have identified an urgent need for unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver supplies in lieu of putting trucks and personnel on dangerous roads," said John Groenenboom, A160T program manager for Boeing. ... more US forces to deploy drones to spy on NKorea: general 
Seoul (AFP) June 3, 2009US forces in South Korea will deploy unmanned spy planes to keep closer watch over nuclear-armed North Korea amid mounting tensions on the peninsula, the deputy head of US forces in the South has said Lieutenant General Jeffrey Remington said the US Air Force in the South would retire decades-old U-2 spy planes and replace them with Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance planes. Remington's ... more US Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Shines At Sea 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 01, 2009The Northrop Grumman-developed MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) successfully completed the latest set of fully autonomous flight operations onboard the USS McInerney (FFG-8) in support of dynamic interface testing. This was a critical step for the U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout toward Operational Evaluation (OpEval), scheduled for later ... more |
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