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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 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.
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Photo: Lockheed Martin
The Russian Southern Military District reported that a Russian base in Armenia has taken delivery of the Orland-10 unmanned aerial vehicle.
By Mike1979 Russia (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons
The U.S. Air Force will send a RQ-4 to New Zealand for Exercise Southern Katipo 2015. This is the first time the unmanned aerial vehicle is appearing in New Zealand.
By John Schwab [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Lt. Gen. Robert Otto, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance from the U.S. Air Force, has suggested the ideal of a weapons-carrying unmanned wingman that will help the F-35 overcome its limited internal weapons storage handicap.
By Matt Short, Lockheed Martin (bron: Ministerie van Defensie) [CC0 or Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons