News About UAVs 11-MAR-10 en-us London, UK (SPX) Mar 11, 2010 - A|D|Shas hosted an event with Lord Drayson, Minister of State for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform, at the Military Air Solutions site of BAE Systems in Warton, Lancashire.]]> Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Mar 10, 2009 - The Israeli air force has rolled out a fleet of massive pilotless planes that fly for a full day with the ability to reach the Persian Gulf.]]> Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) March 10, 2010 - Two US missile strikes on Wednesday killed at least 12 militants in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said.]]> St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 - Boeing has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract worth approximately $69.7 million for the initial engineering, manufacturing and development of QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Targets to replace the QF-4 fleet. Under the terms of the remainder of the contract, expected to be awarded in coming years, up to 126 QF-16 drones will deliver beginning in 2014.]]> St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 09, 2010 - Boeing has begun to build Phantom Eye - its first unmanned, liquid-hydrogen powered, high altitude long endurance (HALE) demonstrator aircraft.]]> Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) March 8, 2010 - Three missiles fired by US drone aircraft killed five militants on Monday in Pakistan's northwest tribal belt, a bastion of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, security officials said.]]> Blacksburg VA (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 - Students at Virginia Tech's Unmanned Systems Laboratory are perfecting an autonomous helicopter they hope will never be used for its intended purpose. Roughly six feet long and weighing 200 pounds, the re-engineered aircraft is designed to fly into American cities blasted by a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb.]]> Husum WA (SPX) Mar 03, 2010 - When a new airliner is ready for its public debut, it emerges from a giant hangar in a glitzy roll-out extravaganza. But when you have a very small aircraft and an equally small company, you have to think on a different scale. Tad McGeer, Aerovel's president, recalls that "We started a company called Insitu in 1992 to develop the miniature Aerosonde for long-range weather reconnaissance."]]> Palmdale CA (SPX) Mar 02, 2010 - Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) made aviation history Feb. 2 when it successfully completed its first roundtrip flight from the company's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility. AF-20, a Block 30 Global Hawk built for the U.S. Air Force, performed the historic mission, soaring at altitudes of 58,300 feet for approximately four hours and 18 minutes.]]> Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Feb 22, 2009 - Israel Aerospace Industries' unveiling of a unique long-range unmanned aerial vehicle that can reach Iran is a big technological breakthrough for a defense industry that has carved a niche for itself in the global arms market.]]>