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According to the GrandForksHerald.com online news site, bylined by Ryan Bakken, the Grand Forks Air Force Base planned-for Predator UAV finally touched down last Saturday. Base Commander Colonel John E. Mitchell said, "We have entered an exciting new period, here in Grand Forks."
Read MoreThe German military has established its own spy satellite system by commissioning its first synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) system in Grafschaft, a small town in western Germany, yesterday.
Read MoreThales UK has successfully completed the first system flight trials of the WATCHKEEPER unmanned air vehicle (UAV).
Read MoreAfter scrapping plans for its own vertical liftoff unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) last year, the United States Coast Guard is now making plans to use or adapt Navy, Customs, and Border Patrol UAVs for its own needs.
Read MoreEner1, Inc. has announced the transition to phase two of the Company's research and development contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force has accepted an SBIRS Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) system from prime contractor Lockheed Martin, the Company announced Nov. 13.
Read MoreThe move toward unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) is certainly one with intense international interest.
Read MoreThe ASTRANEA aerospace program has completed a major demonstration of autonomous aircraft technology at ParcAberporth in west Wales.
Read MoreFrom the Air Force Times comes the report of the first airman to be assigned directly to UAV duty after he graduated from undergraduate pilot
Read MoreThe Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies held on September 22-23 a Space Deterrence Workshop, convening experts from military, civilian and industrial circles. A full-day of deliberation centered on review of deterrence theory, space domain-contemporary and future operating environments.
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