Aviation News
Free Beacon has obtained a draft report of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and the report says China has managed to obtain secrets of the MQ-9.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Navy will stand up Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, USNI News reported.
Photo: U.S. Navy
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Four aerospace companies have been given risk reduction contracts by the U.S. Navy to modify their MQ-25 designs so that it can act as a airborne refueling tanker.
Photo: U.S. Navy
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A press release from Leonardo revealed that the U.S. Navy has chosen to equip its MQ-8C VTOL UAV with a 2-panel Osprey AESA radar. This will only provide 240-degree field of view.
Photo: Leonardo
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ISIL has switched to a new tactic in Iraq, insurgents rigged an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with explosives and used it to attack Kurdish and French forces.
By Tangopaso (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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