Both AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman have successfully proceed to Phase 2 of DARPA’s Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) program.
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Category: UAV
McCain wants UCLASS to have 4,000lb payload
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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Reliance Defence and Aerospace to partner Saab for Indian Navy UAV contest
Reliance Defence and Aerospace has approached Saab to jointly bid for the Indian Navy UAV contest.
By Duch.seb (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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JGSDF lost a ScanEagle last year
Asahi Shimbun revealed that the JGSDF lost one of its ScanEagle UAV in November last year.
“ScanEagle UAV catapult launcher 2005-04-16” by Gunnery Sergeant Shannon Arledge of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing – http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2005417115454 [1]. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
MQ-1 went down over northwest Syria, which claims to have shot it down
A U.S. MQ-1 has gone down over northwest Syria on Mar. 17. Syria claims to have shot it down.
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