Aviation News
American aerospace company AeroVironment has entered into a joint venture with Japan’s Softbank to develop solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for commercial operations.
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Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) say its Wing Loong II unmanned aerial vehicle has created a new record by striking “five targets in succession with five different types of missiles in a single sortie.”
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The U.S. Air Force will retire the MQ-1 this summer, Air Force Times reports.
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At the year end press conference for Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, President Tsai Ing-wen announced that the Teng Yun medium-altitude long-endurance UAV (MALE UAV) is ready for production.
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VMU-4 flew its final RQ-7B unmanned aerial system flight during Exercise Steel Knight in Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 11.
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