Ireland’s Minister for Defense Alan Shatter revealed that the country deployed its own UAVs to Africa in 2008 and one was lost there.
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Category: UAV
UAVs for Philippines Marine Corps
The Philippine military has issued a tender for 6 sets of small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Marine Corps.
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China ADIZ to keep out RQ-4
U.S. Defense officials told Washington Times that one of the reasons China declared an Air Defense Identification Zone is to prevent the Global Hawk from spying along its coast line.
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Turkish Anka UAV crashed
A TAI Anka UAV crashed while undergoing operational test flights at a military base in Batman, southeastern Turkey on Dec. 6.
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Night Stalkers activate Gray Eagle company
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) (Airborne) activated its first MQ-1C Gray Eagle company on Nov. 19.
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