Aviation News
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had managed to penetrate 4km into Israeli airspace on Jul. 17 before returning back to Syria.
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Photo: Safed municipality
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The U.S. Air Force Material Command has officially assigned the designation and name for the U.S. Navy’s Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS) program. The aircraft will be designated as MQ-25A with the name ‘Stingray.’
Photo: U.S. Navy
The crash of a P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned aerial vehicle prototype on May 31 has resulted in a two-month delay in the delivery process for the Italian Air Force, the Piaggio Aero revealed.
By Tangopaso (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Jane’s has learn that the Royal Navy is on course to lose its ScanEagle capability in November 2017 and its Type 23 warships will not have an unmanned aerial vehicle on board for maritime surveillance duties.
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A military spotter caught the RQ-170 landing somewhere in Nevada (not sure yet if its Nellis) over the weekend and posted the video on YouTube.