Aviation News
A former U.S. National Security Adviser revealed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has bought Chinese-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to support its military operations in Yemen.
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On Dec. 19, NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft successfully completed its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base.
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Northrop Grumman/Alyssa Cooper
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Turkey became one of the few countries in the world to come up with an armed indigenous UAV when a Bayraktar TB2 successfully fired a UMTAS missile on Dec. 17.
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For the first time since World War II, the U.S. Air Force will have enlisted pilots in its ranks. However, they will not be sitting in any cockpits as the job requires them to pilot the RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bobby Cummings
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BAE Systems revealed that it has concluded the third and final series of flight tests for the Taranis UCAV.
By Mike Young (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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