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A report from Bloomberg says India is to approve the $3 billion purchase of 30 MQ-9B unamnned air vehicles next month.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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H/T to Steve Trimble. The U.S. Air Force has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for its Next-Generation (Next-Gen) Multi-Role Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Family of Systems (FoS).
Graphic: General Atomics
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Elbit announced on Mar. 2 that it has secured a contract worth $300 million to sell its Hermes 900 to an unnamed country in Asia. According to Israel Defense, the country is Singapore.
Martin Thoeni, www.powerplanes.ch [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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The Avenger ER can now fly expanded operations in the U.S. National Airspace System after receiving an Experimental Certificate from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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Four commercial UAV systems were evaluated by the U.S. Army for its Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) from Mar. 2-5 as potential replacement for the RQ-7 Shadow.