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An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by researchers from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has proven that it can remain submerge in saltwater for two months and then launched into the air to carry out its mission.
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Credit: Johns Hopkins APL
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An anonymous source from the Indian Ministry of Defence told Defense News that New Delhi has laid out a plan to procure 5,000 unmanned aerial vehicles over the next ten years.
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Head of Air Combat Command Gen. Herbert Carlisle told lawmakers at a hearing that the service is yet to determine the root cause behind starter-generator failures on MQ-9s.
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U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys
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The Indian Navy lost one of its Heron unmanned aerial vehicle off the Kerala coast on Mar. 18. The drone suffered an engine failure and the crew was able to ditch the aircraft successfully.
By SSGT REYNALDO RAMON, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
A deputy director from the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus told Belarusian Telegraph Agency that Azerbaijan and Mongolia have expressed interest in acquiring unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturing know how from Belarus.
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