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The secretive Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator is set to carry out the third and possibly last round of flight tests in Australia this year.
By Mike Young (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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China has made attempts to jam the signals of the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft whilst it was operating over South China Sea.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office had eight focus group sessions with U.S. Army pilots training to fly UAVs and found that trainees did not get adequate training as they had to perform menial tasks.
By Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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