The U.S. Navy has concluded its current round of testing the X-47B. The flight tests last from Nov. 9-19.
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Category: UAV
First RQ-4 Block 40 combat deployment
Grand Forks Air Force Base announced that the RQ-4 Block 40 has deployed to a war zone on Sept. 19, 2013.
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Photo: Hongdu Lijian stealth UAV maiden flight
The Lijian stealth UAV from Hongdu has made its first flight on Nov. 21 at 13:00 local time. The flight was 20 minutes.
USAF won’t buy adaptor to fit U-2 sensors on RQ-4
The U.S. Air Force has dropped a plan to buy a “universal payload adapter” to attach sensors from the U-2 to the RQ-4.
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Cassidian to start integration work on Sagitta UAV
Cassidian’s Sagitta tailless unmanned flying wing research project has entered the integration phase.
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