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India to revive Kaveri for UCAV prototype

Posted on November 15, 2015November 15, 2015 by alert5

The Indian government is set to give the green light to develop a derivative of the GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri turbofan engine to power its indigenous unmanned combat aerial vehicle.

GTX-35VS Kaveri
By Jagan Pillariseti.Jineshgopinathan at en.wikipedia [CC BY 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Industry, Research, UAV

EQ-4 clocks 500th sortie

Posted on November 14, 2015 by alert5

One of the three RQ-4 Global Hawks that were converted to an EQ-4 relay configuration recently flew its 500th sortie on Nov. 11.

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U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Miller

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Posted in Air Force, UAV

South Korea deploying UAVs to patrol DMZ

Posted on November 13, 2015 by alert5

South Korean Army and Marine Corps units will start to receive unmanned aerial vehicles from next year to help patrol the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

Korea DMZ Train 49 (14246308552)
Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Photographer name) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Posted in Army, Industry, Marines, UAV

World’s first jet-powered, 3D printed UAV

Posted on November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by alert5

Aurora Flight Sciences team up with Stratasys to create the world’s first jet-powered, 3D printed unmanned aircraft.

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Posted in Research, UAV

Spanish government clears purchase of MQ-9s

Posted on November 5, 2015 by alert5

The Spanish government has approved a request from the military to buy 4 MQ-9s. Cost for the purchase is $176 million which includes two Mobile Ground Control Stations.

MQ-9 Reaper refuelling - 080619-F-2907C-758
By Lance Cheung, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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