The MQ-9 will gain a sonobuoy capability next year, General Atomics announced at the Royal Navy’s maritime awareness conference on Sept. 24.
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Category: UAV
General Atomics to train foreign military UAV operators in North Dakota
General Atomics has confirmed its plan to set up a training academy in Grand Forks, North Dakota to teach foreign military operators of the MQ-9.
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Israeli Air Force’s first operational UAV mission 44 years ago
The first Israeli Air Force operational unmanned aerial vehicle mission took place 44 years ago on Sept. 22, 1971.
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Pentagon awards Aerovironment contract to supply RQ-11B to Ukraine
Aerovironment has been award a $9 million contract by the Pentagon to supply the company’s RQ-11B min-UAV to Ukraine.
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AFSOC’s AC-130s will soon be able to deploy tube-launched UAVs
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has initiated one quick concept-demonstrator program to employ a tube-launched small unmanned aerial vehicle from the AC-130 gunship.
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