A MQ-9 from Holloman Air Force Base went down at approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 2. No one was injured.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Emily A. Kenney
Category: UAV
RQ-4 arrives at Yokota Air Base, Japan
The first of five RQ-4s to deploy to Yokota Air Base, Japan arrived at the base on May 1.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson
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Israel fired Patriot at ‘target’ over Golan
Israeli air defense forces fired a Patriot missile at a ‘target’ that was over the Golan Heights on Apr. 27.
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Watch what happens when you pit two teams of 25 drones against each other
DARPA’s Service Academies Swarm Challenge is an aerial game of Capture the Flag played by swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles overseen by human operators. The competition, being waged by students from the three U.S. military Service academies, is an opportunity for the next generation of operators and tacticians to explore and understand swarm-versus-swarm interactions.
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USN simulates the operation of MQ-25 for first time
PMA-268 has carried out a simulation to operate the MQ-25 at NAS Patuxent River on Apr. 11. NAVAIR said the demonstration validated the first build of the MD-5 Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System (UMCS).
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