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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has delivered the first Heron UAV system to the Canadian Air Force. IAI and MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) as prime contractor were recently awarded a contract to deliver IAI’s Heron UAV through MDA to Canadian forces deployed in Afghanistan (NOCTUA project).
Read MoreAurora Flight Sciences announced is now a supplier on the Northrop Grumman RQ-4N aircraft for U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) program.
Read MoreFrom AvioNews, we learn NATO will conduct its next major field test, named Trial Imperial Hammer, this month in Sardinia, Italy (September 29th through October 15th) to demo the Alliance’s ability to share time critical intelligence, which will better protect NATO forces and populations from terrorist attacks through better ID and tracking of enemy combatants.
Read MoreSchiebel's CAMCOPTER S-100 has completed its toughest test to date. Three weeks of demanding flights in the Baltic Sea onboard the new K130 Class Corvettes of the German Navy were undertaken.
Read MoreThe same contractor (Thales) providing Israeli Hermes 450 UAVs for British forces in Afghanistan has also offered to provide similar services for the French troops stationed in that region.
Read MoreRaytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) KillerBee unmanned aircraft system demonstrated its interoperability, integration and functionality as an end-to-end UAS combat system.
Read MoreFrom the Air Force Times, bylined by staff writer Michael Hoffman, comes a story headlined "Hundreds of Reaper, Predator pilots needed.
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) system has moved into the second year of low-rate initial production (LRIP) with a US$32.9 million contract award from the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command.
Read MoreAn Air Combat Command RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, California, made a trans-Atlantic flight on September 20th with the assistance of Navy officials.
Read MoreMembers of the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing at March Air Reserve Base in California are now ready to begin training the Airmen on the MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft system.
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