The MQ-8C completed its three week operational assessment on Nov. 20 after flying 11 flights and clocking 83.4 flight hours in the process.
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Category: UAV
Afghanistan places order for 65 ScanEagles
Afghanistan has place a $70 million order to buy eight sets of the Insitu ScanEagle UAS under the Foreign Military Sales program. These systems consist of 65 ScanEagle Air Vehicles.
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By U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Guadalupe M. Deanda III [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Civilian contractors are flying MQ-9 combat air patrols
The U.S. Air Force has allowed civilian contractors to fly two of its daily MQ-9 combat air patrols.
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Elbit Systems awarded contract to supply Hermes 900 HFE to Switzerland
Elbit Systems has been awarded an approximately $200 million contract to supply the Hermes 900 HFE (Heavy Fuel Engine) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to the Swiss Air Force.
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Iranian official claims Kh-101 ALCM wreckage was an Iranian UAV
A Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile fired by Russia towards Syria failed and landed inside Iran. However, the Governor General of Shush Reza Nejati told IRNA that it was an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle.
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