According to USNI News, the U.S. Navy is contemplating using the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft as an aerial refueling tanker.
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Category: UAV
Global Hawk breaks endurance record
An RQ-4 Global Hawk from the 348th Reconnaissance Squadron broke the endurance record for a military aircraft by remaining airborne for 34.4 hours without air refueling.
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Possible North Korean UAVs crashed in South
Two mysterious unmanned aircraft crashed inside South Korea within a month and Seoul believes the UAVS came from the North.
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Thales to assist Qatar to build optionally piloted aircraft
Thales will assist the Qatar Armed Forces with developing an Optionally Piloted Vehicle – Aircraft. The aircraft, able to fly with or without a pilot on board, will carry out intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance roles.
Commander USFK: U-2 better than RQ-4 in Korean theater
Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. Forces-Korea, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the U-2 gave him better situation awareness compared with the RQ-4.
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