The British Ministry of Defense is reported to be buying two Zephyr high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles from Airbus. The purchase was announced by Secretary of State for Defense, Michael Fallon.
Category: UAV
MQ-1B crashes in southern Turkey
The U.S. Air Force confirmed that it lost a MQ-1B in an unpopulated area in southern Turkey at approximately 1:40 a.m. local time, Feb. 3.
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Hackers claim to have taken control of NASA’s Global Hawk
A group of hackers calling themselves AnonSec claimed that they had managed to upload a file containing a flight plan into computers that control NASA’s Global Hawk.
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IAI in joint venture with South Korea firm to develop VTOL UAV
A joint venture to develop vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle for the South Korean market has been formed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Korean composite manufacturer Hankuk Carbon.
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UCLASS will be dedicated aerial refueling tanker
Defense News reports that the Pentagon has decided that the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) is to be a dedicated aerial refueling tanker for the aircraft carriers.
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