Aviation News
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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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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The U.S. State Department has cleared the potential sale of three RQ-4 Block 30 (I) UAVs to Japan.
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Just as the Indian Army was preparing to phase out its Nishant UAV fleet, the last remaining aircraft crashed near Pokhran in Rajasthan on Nov. 19.
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Thales has unveiled its Spy’Ranger mini UAV at Milipol Paris 2015. The drone was designed with input from French aerospace SME, Aviation Design.