General Atomics has come up with a new landing gear design for the MQ-9 which will allow the drone to take-off and land at higher weights.
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Category: UAV
U.S. drone strikes resume in Pakistan
CNN reports that the United States has resumed drone strikes in Pakistan after suspending the operation for a month.
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RQ-170 contained F-22 technology
The RQ-170 that crashed in Iran probably had some sort of technology imported from the F-22. According to Aviation Week, the sensors are housed in an internal compartment with specially treated transparent panels.
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Turkish media say Israeli UAV spied on Turkish army unit
A UAV from Israeli was spotted spying on the Turkish 14th Hawk B. Brigade Command in Hatay’s Kırıkhan district recently.
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Elbit sells Hermes 900 to unnamed country in the Americas
Elbit Systems was awarded a contract, valued at approximately $50 million, to supply its Hermes 900 UAS to an unnamed country in the Americas.
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