All Military UAVs articles – Page 189
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Reality check: defence industry dials up simulator fidelity
Ever expanding computer power is being put to good use in the latest generation of battlefield environment simulators that allow air and ground forces to co-operate
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Truth or consequences: testing the door on NASA’s new window on the universe
NASA's latest window on the universe is mounted in a Boeing 747SP. If all goes well the $500 million cutout for the infrared telescope will be a silent partner
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Four Italian Tornados head for Afghanistan
Four Panavia Tornado strike aircraft will leave the Italian air force's Ghedi air base on 24 November for Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, from where they...
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MRO Special Report: EADS opens new Manching centre
EADS Military Air Systems has expanded its footprint at Manching in Bavaria, and aims to make the site a world-class centre for military MRO ...
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Northrop: UAVs serving anti-missile role for airliners too costly
After a US-sponsored study and flight tests, Northrop Grumman has determined that using unmanned air vehicles to thwart missile attacks on airliners near...
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Northrop: UAVs serving anti-missile role for airliners too costly
After a US-sponsored study and flight tests, Northrop Grumman has determined that using unmanned aerial vehicles to thwart missile attacks on airliners near...
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Air power in demand - World Air Forces 2008
Continued hostilities in Afghanistan and Iraq, a brief conflict in Georgia and Turkish action against Kurdish rebel groups have kept air arms busy this year
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Denel, Elbit do battle for Brazilian UAV deal
Brazil's defence ministry has expressed its intention to acquire unmanned air vehicles to monitor its borders, with the requirement likely to be contested...
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Thales chases Rafale exports and tactical UAV sales for growth
Thales determined to boost export fortunes of French fighter as UAV prospects brighten
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Scheibel Camcopter completes sea trials
Scheibel's vertical take-off, vertical landing unmanned air vehicle Camcopter S-100 has...
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Honeywell MAV scores new name, first production contract
Honeywell has received the first production contract for the US Navy version of the RQ-16 micro air vehicle (MAV), now named the Tarantula Hawk, or “T-Hawk”.
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Finmeccanica is opening new horizons
Italy's aerospace champion Finmeccanica is extending its reach, both abroad and on the domestic market
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US Coast Guard seeks ship-based unmanned air vehicle
The US Coast Guard has resumed a process to buy a ship-based unmanned aircraft system for the first time since the cancellation of the Bell TR918 Eagle Eye...
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Italy's armed forces are tackling budget cuts
The Italian armed forces are struggling to adjust to the post-9/11 world and the simultaneous demands for homeland defence and expeditionary warfighting,...
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Raytheon plans submarine-launched UAV test
Raytheon will soon stage a demonstration of a system for launching an unmanned air vehicle from underwater, moving a step closer to follow-on tests using...
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Canada receives first Heron UAV system
Israel Aerospace Industries has delivered its first Heron unmanned air vehicle system to the Canadian armed forces under a two-year lease deal worth C$95...
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DoD takes wraps off Liberty Ship manned ISR fleet
The US Department of Defense has unveiled new details of the previously secretive "Liberty Ship" programme, aimed at rapidly fielding dozens of specially...
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New US electronic warfare strategy bans 'airborne' term
US military officials are reviving plans for a sweeping electronic warfare modernisation strategy nearly three years after the US Air Force cancelled a stand-off...