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Category: UAV
MQ-4C will replace EP-3E
Flight Global says the U.S. Navy is proceeding with replacing the EP-3E signals reconnaissance aircraft by having the MQ-4C taking over the role of collecting electronic signals.
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Quadcopter shot down in Tehran
Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, which defends the capital Tehran, said it shot down a quadcopter on Dec. 23.
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Ukraine says Russia is jamming and hacking its RQ-11Bs
Ukraine has lamented that the 72 RQ-11B mini-unmanned aerial vehicles supplied by the United States are ineffective against Russian-back separatists who are good at jamming and hacking the drones’ video and data feed.
U.S. Army [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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RQ-4 monitored Chinese warplanes as they flew off Taiwan
Taiwan’s United Daily News reported that a U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk was flying high above the Pacific Ocean, monitoring a flight of Chinese warplanes circumnavigating off Taiwan on Dec. 10.
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