Aviation News
Alenia Aermacchi announced that the Neuron unmanned combat aerial vehicle has completed its test campaign in Italy. Twelve sorties were flown at the Italian Air Force’s Decimomannu Air Base, in Sardinia.
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The MQ-8C Fire Scout managed to fly 11 hours, with over an hour of fuel in reserve, during testing at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu recently.
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The R-11 Raven mini-UAV has been upgraded with a new gimbal-mounted camera that gives the operator a nearly 360-degree view around the aircraft.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Garett Hernandez, 1st Cav. Div. PAO
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A Pentagon spokesman told reporters that the U.S. military plans to have 90 orbits by unmanned aircraft each day in four years’ time.
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The MQ-4C has started testing inside Patuxent River’s anechoic chamber on Aug. 12. It will remain inside the chamber for the next eight weeks.
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Photo: U.S. Navy
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