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Skunk Works head said USN should select flying wing design for MQ-25

Posted on March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 by alert5

The executive vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Advanced Development Programs (ADP) a.k.a Skunk Works said the U.S. Navy should pick a flying wing design from the start for the MQ-25 program.

Photo: U.S. Navy
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Unmanned Warrior 2016 to be held of Scottish Coast in October

Posted on March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 by alert5

For the first time at Exercise Joint Warrior, a segment of the exercise will involved purely unmanned air and underwater vehicles.

Photo: Royal Navy
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Pentagon admits flying drones over U.S. on non-military missions

Posted on March 11, 2016March 10, 2016 by alert5

Under a Freedom of Information Act request, the Pentagon has admitted that its UAVs have flown over U.S. territory for non-military missions.

By John Schwab [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Russia’s Eastern Military District now has 5 Orlan-10 UAVs

Posted on March 11, 2016March 10, 2016 by alert5

An unmanned aerial vehicle unit of Russia’s Eastern Military District in the Sakhalin Region is now equipped with five Orlan-10 drones.

By Mike1979 Russia (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

Area 6 – where U.S. government agencies test their airborne sensors

Posted on March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 by alert5

Not far from Area 51, a facility with a runway appeared out of the desert in 2005 and now the folks in charge of it has acknowledged that the place is being used by “Defense and Homeland Security departments” to test sensor-equipped aircraft.

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