Aviation News
The Royal Air Force is reported to be interested in the IAI Heron TP UAV to replace the delayed Mantis.
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The International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan reported that a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in northern Afghanistan on Apr. 6.
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U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley told reporters that his service decided to cut back the number of MQ-9s for the proposed 2013 budget as his people is struggling with analyzing a backlog of data collected by drones.
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For the second time in four months, a U.S. MQ-9 crashed while landing at Seychelles International Airport on Wednesday.
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AeroVironment has unveiled a new miniature gimbaled sensor payload on the RQ-11B Raven mini-UAV.
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