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Research carried out by air traffic control provider Nats, Thales UK and the R&D lab Roke Manor confirmed that a TV signal-based system can track aircraft flying up to 10,000ft.
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A promotional video from Taiwan’s Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology for its upcoming attendance at the Paris Airshow has revealed a UAV that resembles the American MQ-9.
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Taiwan’s Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology has released a video of the surface-launched version of the Sky Sword II radar guided air-to-air missile.
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Thales says its new DRTLP (Demonstration Radar Tres Longue Portee) ballistic missile early warning radar (BMEWS) under development has more capabilities than the American AN/TPY-2.
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U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said he would like to see Northrop Grumman’s X-47B carry out more testing in the interim while the service waits for the UCLASS program to proceed.
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