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General Atomics has been awarded a $17 million contract to integrate the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) onto the MQ-9 Reaper.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) has given a contract to Yates Electrospace Corp to develop and test 10 unmanned gliders that are able to deliver 700 pounds of life-saving supplies and cargo to any Marine unit.
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Graphic: Yates Electrospace Corporation
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The Swiss government has found itself in an embarrassing situation after it was revealed that officials had went to an Israeli air base in Goland Heights to evaluate the Hermes 900 UAV. Switzerland does not recognize the Goland Heights as Israeli territory.
Martin Thoeni, www.powerplanes.ch [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Kratos says during a recent large scale military exercise, its UTAP-22 Mako Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) completed a multi-UAS demonstration mission.
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Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush disclosed during an earnings call on Oct. 25 that his company has decided against competiting in the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-borne aerial refueler race.
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