Aviation News
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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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.
Photo: U.S. Navy
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State-run media in Iran have broadcast video footage taken by a unmanned aerial vehicle shadowing American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.
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Video feeds from Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles were tapped by the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) with help from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), according to files supplied by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
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Iran has supplied Syria with a new type of unmanned aerial vehicle, Bellingcat concludes. Iran is believed to have supplied the Shahed-123 UAV which is easily identified from its landing skids.
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Source: Bellingcat
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