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Weaponization of Italy’s MQ-9s

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. government has agreed to allow Italy to weaponized it MQ-9 fleet. The estimated cost of the project is $129.6 million.

By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Insitu uses quadcopter to release and recover ScanEagle in midair

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by alert5

Insitu has came up with a new concept to give the ScanEagle UAS an ability to be launched and recovered without the need for a catapult or sky hook.

FLARES – Flying Launch and Recovery System from Insitu on Vimeo.

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Israeli Patriot units now trained to detect and destroy UAVs

Posted on November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 by alert5

Israeli Air Force’s Patriot missile division has remodeled its yearly training program to prepare its operators on how to handle UAVs.

By DoD Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo, Graphic Proccessing by User:MathKnight (File:IAF-Patriot-2014-Chuck-Hagel.jpg) [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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First crash of British Watchkeeper

Posted on November 4, 2015November 4, 2015 by alert5

Correction: Jane’s pointed out that this was the second crash. The first was Nov. 16, 2014 at Aberporth.

A British Army Watchkeeper UAV has crashed at MOD Boscombe Down while landing on Nov. 2. This is the first crash of the program.

Photo: Peter Russell LBIPP/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Lockheed Martin gets contract for continued development of canister-launched UAV

Posted on November 4, 2015 by alert5

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $4.6 million contract for the continued development of a maritime canister-launched small unmanned aerial vehicle based on the Vector Hawk.

Photo: Lockheed Martin

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