Russian Helicopters has received $160 million from the government to develop three types of rotary unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Category: UAV
IAI mega deal was not with India, package includes Green Pine radar
Globes has corrected an earlier report that a $1.1 billion arms sale by Israel Aerospace Industries was not with India.
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New MQ-9 main landing gear increase take-off and landing weight
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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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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