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On February 17, 2009, the French Air Force’s SIDM (the French acronym for medium altitude long endurance (MALE) drone) surveillance UAV performed its maiden flight in a foreign theater of operations.
Read MoreAeronautics has been selected by the Federal Police of Mexico to provide advanced ISR systems in several contracts recently signed.
Read MoreDrone aircraft that have been used by the U.S. military in Afghanistan and insurgents in Iraq are now being used to combat pirates off the Somali coast.
Read MoreThe Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has successfully completed initial satellite testing and has demonstrated end-to-end mission functionality of the ground and space systems of the integrated Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has received U.S. Air Force approval to initiate a portion of Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) Radar System Level Performance Verification (RSLPV) flight testing.
Read MoreApplied Signal Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:APSG) (AST) has successfully completed a flight test demonstration of the Model 570X SIREN—a miniature airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) payload for ISR operations.
Read MoreThe French military has started to ship the SIDM (Systeme Interimaire de Drone Male) interim medium-altitude, long-endurance drone from EADS to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, and is expected to fly the aircraft starting in the middle of February, industry and military officials said.
Read MoreIsrael will start flying maritime patrol sorties over the Mediterranean Sea by mid-2009.
Read MoreAntenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) has deployed its Warrior Satellite Monitoring and Surveillance System in the the Indian region.
Read MoreIn a top secret operation, the U.S. Defense Department is conducting the first deep space inspection of a crippled U.S. military spacecraft. To do this, it is using sensors on two covert inspection satellites that have been prowling geosynchronous orbit for nearly three years.
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