Lockheed Martin has secured an order from the Swiss Army for its Indago small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
Category: UAV
CIA declassifies Project Aquiline
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified its Project Aquiline on Jul. 30. The secretive program from the late 1960s was to build a bird-like unmanned air vehicle that can collect photographic and electronic intelligence plus emplacing sensors in denied environments.
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Overconfidence lead to loss of RQ-4 in 2018
A U.S. Air Force RQ-4, #09-2041, was lost on Jun. 26, 2018 during a ferry flight to the Middle East. Crash investigators found that the RQ-4 community, and specifically the 69th Reconnaissance Group at Grand Forks, had “overconfidence” in operating the unmanned aircraft.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Juan Torres
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USN intends to use the MQ-8C’s AN/ZPY-8 Osprey radar to provide OTH targeting for Naval Strike Missile
The U.S. Navy’s UX-24 squadron is preparing to start testing of the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 Osprey radar on the MQ-8C unmanned helicopter.
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Firebird successfully tested the TK-9 Earthwatch sensor
The Northrop Grumman Firebird has recently completed testing the Overwatch Imaging’s TK-9 Earthwatch sensor over a four-day period.
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