DARPA’s attempt at getting the public to develop a small UAV that can land and relay real-time video has failed.
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Category: UAV
Researchers say UAVs could be spoofed into weapons
Researchers at University of Texas at Austin warned that UAVs could be turned into weapons by simply spoofing GPS signals.
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U.S. Army could cancel A160 Hummingbird
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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USN developing Flexrotor UAV with small launch, recovery footprint
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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Turkey faces shortage of manpower to operate Heron UAVs
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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