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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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DARPA has posted a solicitation for the industry to participate in the phase one of its Gremlins program – the demonstration of safe and reliable aerial launch and recovery of multiple unmanned aircraft.
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Graphic: DARPA
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The extended range version of the MQ-9 has been operational field by the U.S. Air Force in August, General Atomics announced.
Photo: POA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons
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U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark Welsh, will make a decision by November whether to allow the branch’s enlisted airmen fly unmanned aerial vehicles.
By English: Staff Sgt. Don Branum, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Earlier estimate of upgrading the RQ-4 with new sensors for $4 billion might be too conservative, Lt. Gen. Robert Otto, deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance believes it can be done at half the price.
U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin
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