A French crew has flown the first MQ-9 flight at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, on Sept. 24.
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Category: UAV
AI3 destroys UAV
Another success for Raytheon’s AI3 system, this time the interceptor destroyed an unmanned aircraft.
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Pentagon relocates drones from Djibouti
The Pentagon has shifted unmanned aircraft from Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti to a more remote airfield after local officials voiced concern about possible collisions with commercial aircraft.
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Japan to change air traffic control rules to allow UAVs
Tokyo plans to revise air traffic control rules in order to allow unmanned aircraft to fly in Japanese airspace.
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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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