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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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Despite setting a world record in December, the U.S. Air Force appears to have stop testing the Orion unmanned aerial vehicle from Aurora Flight Sciences.
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Photo: Aurora Flight Sciences
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A KC-135 coming in to land at MacDill Air Force Base encountered a quadcopter that came within 20 feet of the tanker on Apr. 17.
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The British Ministry of Defense has said that the BAE Systems Taranis will make its third and possibly final round of tests this year.
By Mike Young (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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VMU-2 was forced to ditch its RQ-7 unmanned aerial vehicle in the Neuse River on Sept. 10. This was the second time a RQ-7 had to be ditch there in three months.
By English: Cpl. Samantha H. Arrington [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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