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R-11 gets gimbal-mounted camera

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.

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.

Photo: U.S. Navy

Posted on August 16, 2015 by alert5

Debka reported that Israeli had sold the Heron TP and Skylark UAVs to Jordan.

By SSGT REYNALDO RAMON, USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Posted on August 15, 2015 by alert5

After repeated attempts to retire the MQ-1, the U.S. Air Force is determined to retire the fleet by 2018.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Lt Col Leslie Pratt [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons