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An official briefing obtained by War is Boring said the U.S. Air Force has been using the RQ-4 to help allies in Latin America and the Caribbean to spy on drug fields and rebel groups.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Bobbi Zapka [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Republic of Singapore Air Force declared its Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) fully operational on Mar. 30.
Photo: Singapore MinDef
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The Daily Star revealed that U.S. Special Forces have been operating two Aerosonde MK 4.7 UAVs out of Hamat air base, Lebanon.
By Greg Goebel [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Both AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman have successfully proceed to Phase 2 of DARPA’s Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) program.
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U.S. Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Serves Committee, has written a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, asking him to build the UCLASS as a strike platform with 4,000lb payload.
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By DoD photo by Capt. Jane E. Campbell, U.S. Navy. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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