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Royal Navy using UAV from a destroyer in Gulf

Jun 23, 2013 (UPI)

Britain's Royal Navy has begun flying a ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle in the Arabian Gulf, launching it from the deck of a frigate. The aircraft, launched b...

Navy, Northrop demo new radar for unmanned helicopter

Jun 22, 2013 (UPI)

A new multi-mode radar that will enhance the capabilities of the MQ-8B unmanned helicopter has been demonstrated by Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy. The syst...

Golden Eagle UAV spreads its wings and flies

Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)

For the second year in a row, Mike Tranchitella of UAV-Assistance has successfully provided support to Clarkson University for the continued development of thei...

NASA Tests Radio for Unmanned Aircraft Operations

Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)

NASA's communications experts have begun flight testing a prototype radio as part of the agency's contributions toward fully integrating civil and commercial Un...

FBI director says surveillance drones used in US

Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)

Unmanned drones are roaming American skies conducting surveillance on people in the United States, albeit in a "very minimal way," the head of the FBI revealed ...

USAF Predator, Reaper programs get support from DRC/Engility

Jun 19, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. Air Force has given support task order modifications to Dynamics Research Corporation to support Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial system programs. T...

Raytheon to maintain USAF Global Hawk ground elements

Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)

Raytheon has been awarded a subcontract to provide contractor logistics support to the ground station elements for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of RQ-4 Global Haw...

U.S. mulls countermeasures against threat of enemy UAVs

Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)

Senior U.S. military officials are looking into ways to counter the potential risk of enemy forces, including terrorists, acquiring unmanned aircraft to attack ...

Sagem upgrades drone's optronics

Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)

A new optronics suite has been integrated and demonstrated aboard Sagem's Patroller unmanned aerial system for extended long-range identification capabilities. ...

Raytheon continues Global Hawk ground support

Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)

On-site logistics support for ground elements of the U.S. Air Force fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawks will continue to be provided by Raytheon under a new contract. On...

Defence giants call for European drone program

Jun 16, 2013 (AFP)

Three top European defence firms called Sunday on governments to launch a programme to manufacture drones that European countries are currently having to buy fr...

Fire Scout flown in conjunction with manned helicopters

Jun 13, 2013 (UPI)

An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle was flown simultaneously with a Sea Hawk helicopter to demonstrate intelligence-gathering capabilities. The test by ...

France keen to buy 12 US Reaper drones: minister

Jun 11, 2013 (AFP)

France wants to buy 12 Reaper drones from the United States, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday, as ministry officials put the cost at 670 mill...

Elbit named preferred provider of unmanned aerial system

Jun 09, 2013 (UPI)

Israel's Elbit Systems has been chosen by Switzerland as the preferred equipment supplier for the country's reconnaissance drone program. The drone to be provid...

New honor for Global Hawk UAS

Jun 09, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. Air Force's award for excellence in aircraft sustainment has been awarded to the service's RQ-4 Global Hawk program. The RQ-4 Global Hawk is a high-alt...

US drone kills 7, first since Pakistan PM Sharif sworn in

Jun 07, 2013 (AFP)

A US drone strike Friday killed seven militants in northwest Pakistan, the first since Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as prime minister this week calling for an end ...

Pakistan families of victims demand halt to US drone strikes

Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)

The families of Pakistani victims of US drone strikes Thursday wrote to new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urging him to stop the campaign -- by shooting the unman...

End drone strikes, new Pakistan PM tells US

Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)

Pakistan's new prime minister Nawaz Sharif called Wednesday for the United States to end its campaign of drone attacks in the country's tribal northwest in his ...

SES Enables Remotely Piloted Aircraft System In Non-Segregated Airspace

Jun 04, 2013 (SPX)

SES Techcom has successfully supported satellite communication links with a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS), using SES Ku-band capacity, to establish re...

Dell's COTS technologies used for X-47B system

Jun 04, 2013 (UPI)

Dell is spotlighting the role of its data center solutions in the U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman program for the X-47B unmanned combat air system. The company's com...