The Schiebel S-100 Camcopter UAV that crashed near Incheon, South Korea last month may have been affected by GPS jamming from North Korea.
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Category: UAV
New French government to review Franco-British UAV project
New French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said he wants to start “afresh” on the Franco-British UAV project approved by the previous government.
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MQ-1 crash in Afghanistan was due to lost of engine coolant
A MQ-1 drone crashed just outside Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan in January after its engine lost it coolant fluid.
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Northrop Grumman, L-3 MAS propose Polar Hawk for Canada
Northrop Grumman and L-3 MAS have announced plans to offer a variant of the Global Hawk dubbed “Polar Hawk” to Canada for surveillance of its Arctic territories.
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U.S. Marines achieved ‘hot hookup” with unmanned K-MAX
U.S. Marines from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 made history on May 22 when they hook cargo to the unmanned K-MAX helicopter while it was in hover mode.
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