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U.S. Navy to keep X-47B in “flyable standby status”

Posted on July 9, 2015 by alert5

The U.S. Navy has decided against sending the two X-47Bs to museums and will keep them in “flyable standby status” for another five months.

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NATO STANAG 7085 data link tested on board Heron UAV

Posted on July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 by alert5

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Thales have successfully integrated the NATO STANAG 7085 data link on board the Heron UAV.

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Close-up shot of the Chinese Franken-Global Hawk

Posted on July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 by alert5

Ukraine turns to crowd-funding for indigenous UAV

Posted on June 30, 2015 by alert5

Ukraine has plans to build an indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle to survey enemy positions and it has a crowd-sourcing campaign to fund the program.

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The first director of unmanned weapon systems for the U.S. Navy

Posted on June 27, 2015June 27, 2015 by alert5

After U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced in April that he was creating a post that reports to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations on the service’s efforts in unmanned systems, the Pentagon has announced the first officer to head the N99 office.

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