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Tranzas and Sokol will be developing an armed drone for the Russian military. Sokol will be in charge of designing the five-ton aircraft while Tranzas will develop the electronics.
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Speaking at the TechNet Land Forces conference in Tucson, Arizona, the former commander of the 13 Marine Expeditionary Unit warned that U.S. military commanders are slowly being addicted to the full-motion video provided by ISR platforms and moving towards centralized decision-making and just-in-time decisions.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base has switched from using ATVs, security checkpoints and mounted ground patrol to the Raven UAV for clearing the area around the base before any satellite launch.
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The United States is eyeing CoCos Islands in the Indian Ocean as a potential base for its Global Hawk UAV, according to media reports.
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An Iranian aeronautical engineer said a new UAV has been produced. The Shaparak can operate with a radius of 50 kilometers and fly up to 15,000 feet while airborne for 3.5 hours.
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