Aviation News
Japan wants to develop its own drone that can detect and track ballistic missiles over the next four years. The aircraft will fly at 13,500 meters and is expected to be operational in 2020.
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The U.S. Army has shipped the Switchblade UAV to a unit in Regional Command East, Afghanistan. The soldiers there are still waiting for the green light to deploy the kamikaze drone though.
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CIA Director David H. Petraeus has put in a request to the White House for up to 10 armed drones to boost the agency’s fight against new North Africa al-Qaida threats.
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An Israeli Sky Rider mini-UAV made an emergency landing near Nablus, West Bank on Wednesday after completing a military operation.
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Lebanese newspaper Al-Jumhuriyah named Germany’s Siemens and Bockstiegel as the companies who supplied parts for the Hezbollah UAV that entered Israeli airspace.
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