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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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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.
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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.
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