Tokyo plans to revise air traffic control rules in order to allow unmanned aircraft to fly in Japanese airspace.
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Category: UAV
Remote control war: Unmanned combat air vehicles in China, India, Iran, Israel, Russia and Turkey
Open Briefing, the world’s first civil society intelligence agency, has identified at least 200 different UAVs in use or in development by China, India, Iran, Israel, Russia and Turkey.
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Lawmakers want USN to reexamine UCLASS approach
U.S. Reps. Randy Forbes and Mike McIntyre, the chairman and ranking members of the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee, have wrote a letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus urging him not to turn UCLASS into a counter-terrorism tool.
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Japan will shot down unmanned aircraft if necessary
The Japanese defense ministry says it plans to devise new rules of engagement to shot down unmanned aircraft if it poses a threat to Japanese security.
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Turkey to source new engine for indigenous UAV after Chinese firm bought over supplier
Turkey has to find a new engine to power its Anka UAV after Thielert was bought out by AIVC and will stop producing military engines.
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