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Category: UAV
Spanish government clears purchase of MQ-9s
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.
By Lance Cheung, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Weaponization of Italy’s MQ-9s
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
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.
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FLARES – Flying Launch and Recovery System from Insitu on Vimeo.
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Israeli Patriot units now trained to detect and destroy UAVs
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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