Aviation News
Wired is reporting that the U.S. Army is likely to terminate its work on the Boeing A160 Hummingbird UAV program due to continued problems.
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The Office of Naval Research is funding the Flexrotor UAV by Aerovel Corp. and it hopes to deploy it on vessels too small for larger drones.
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Hürriyet Daily News reports that Turkey is having problems maintaining a constant number of Heron UAVs airborne due to a lack of trained operators.
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The U.S. military is establishing a network of small air bases in Africa to spy on terrorist hideouts.
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday that Russia and Israel are negotiating to build a UAV together.
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