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AH-64s from the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) conducted manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T) with a MQ-1C from Company E, 3rd CAB for a AGM-114 live-fire exercise.
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Former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, U.S. Sen. John McCain told National Journal that the U.S. “Navy should be looking at drones to replace manned aircraft.”
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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.
Photo: Boeing