An important milestone in the MQ-4C program has started, over the next two months, the unmanned aerial vehicle will undergo operational assessment at NAS Patuxent River.
Photo: U.S. Navy
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Category: UAV
Aurora Flight Sciences awarded contract for flight testing of AACUS
The U.S. Navy has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences a $11 million contract to support flight testing of the Autonomous Aerial Cargo I Utility System (AACUS) program.
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RAF MQ-9 provided surveillance support to French air strike in Syria
A Royal Air Force MQ-9 was overhead near Raqqa, Syria on Nov. 15 to provide surveillance support to the French air strike there.
Photo: POA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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Video shows quadcopter’s near miss with PLAAF fighter
This video clip showing a near miss between a DJI Phantom quadcopter drone and a PLAAF fighter has been circulating on the Chinese internet recently.
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Uruguay interested in Elbit Systems’ Skylark I-LE
Uruguay has expressed its interest to buy two Skylark I-LE unmanned air vehicle systems from Elbit Systems. Officials from the South American nation was able to observe how the Israeli Defence Forces utilize the UAV recently.
By U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons