Swedish firm CybAero announced that it had obtain approval from the Swedish government to sell its APID 60 unmanned helicopter to a Chinese customer.
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Category: UAV
Phantom Eye given experimental status
The U.S. Air Force 412th Operations Group has recommended that Boeing’s Phantom Eye be awarded experimental status.
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Taranis might be using thrust vectoring for yaw control
Bill Sweetman has analyzed the Taranis UCAV demonstrator and concluded that some form of thrust vectoring is being utilized for yaw control.
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U.S. seeks new bases in Central Asia for its drones
The Obama administration is scrambling to find new bases to house the CIA’s drones in Central Asia in case the U.S. is forced to pull out entirely from Afghanistan.
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Russia postpones testing of United 40 UAV
UAE’s Adcom Systems said Russia has requested to delay the testing of the company’s United 40 UAV to a later date. The original plan was to test the aircraft this month.
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