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AeroVironment revealed at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition on May 16 that the U.S. Navy plans to deploy its Blackwing tube-launched unmanned aircraft system from its manned submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles. (Update to correct SSBN to SSGN)
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Graphic: AeroVironment
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A source said the Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation (GAIC) Harrier Hawk II/Air Sniper unmanned aerial vehicle has been monitoring foreign warships in the South China Sea for the past few days. This could mean that the drone has been deployed to the region.
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The Pentagon’s inspector general has highlighted potential problems with U.S. Special Operations Command’s purchase of Puma AE UAVs from AeroVironment.
By Sgt. Bobby Yarbrough [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Turkey’s indigenous Bayraktar TB2 UAV successfully dropped a Roketsan MAM-L laser-guided glide bomb on Apr. 29.
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Textron is working on an upgrade of its Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle that will allow the RQ-7 to gain some capabilities that are currently limited to larger UAVs such as the MQ-1.
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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