The US Marine Corps wants to equip its RQ-21 with a heavy fuel engine and to fund that upgrade program, it has requested that the U.S. Congress allow it to shift $18.75 million from its RQ-7B program.
Category: UAV
The Royal Navy’s first ScanEagle flight
HMS Somerset launched the Royal Navy’s first ScanEagle flight from the Persian Gulf on Jun. 22.
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U.S. ready to share UAV technology with India
U.S. Under Secretary of Defence for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Frank Kendall, said Washington is ready to offer the co-development and co-production of an unmanned aerial vehicle to India.
RQ-4 still needs $2 billion in upgrades to completely replace U-2
The U.S. Air Force has figured out that it needs $2 billion to upgrade its fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawks before the unmanned aircraft can replace the U-2.
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RoKAF Peace Eye had detected North Korean drone
Korea Times reported that South Korea’s Peace Eye AEW&C had actually picked up North Korean drones being sent into its space in March and April.
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