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The Russian Defense Ministry’s Northern Fleet press service says its Arctic coastal forces has started to operate Takhion and Eleron-3 drones over its Arctic region for monitoring purposes.
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An Israeli company has modified its existing mini-UAV as a loitering weapon. Aeronautics’ Orbiter 1K has its nose section converted to a warhead weighing 2.2 kg.
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Boeing concluded flight tests of its Phantom Eye high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) last year, since then, it has been talking to the Pentagon and a number of commercial operators to bring resume flight testing.
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According to a Broad Agency Announcement by the U.S. Air Force, the service will soon launch a $7.5 million demonstration program for a low-cost, high-speed strike unmanned aerial system.
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Kyodo News says a Chinese document it had obtained revealed that the People’s Liberation Army is deliberating the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor the disputed Senkaku islands in East China Sea.
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