Aviation News
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published its annual report on the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program as authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.
Photo: U.S. Navy
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said Moscow will be deploying the Bal and Bastion shore-based anti-ship missile systems plus Eleron 3 unmanned aerial vehicles to the disputed Kuril Islands.
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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.
Kaushal mehta at English Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
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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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