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U.S. agrees to sell MQ-9s to India

Posted on May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 by alert5

Indian and US diplomatic officials confirmed to Hindustan Times that Washington has agreed to let India purchase the MQ-9.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Azerbaijan displays its Hermes 900

Posted on May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 by alert5

Azerbaijan displayed its Israeli-made Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicle (UAV) during a tour by the country’s President to a shipyard in Turkan.

Photo: Office of President of Azerbaijan
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Gremlins Phase III award goes to Dynetics

Posted on April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 by alert5

Dynetics has won a $32.46 million contract for Phase III of the Gremlins program. The company will have to proof by January 2020 that it can demonstrate safe and reliable aerial launch and recovery of multiple unmanned air vehicles.

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Azerbaijan shows off its IAI Harop suicide drone

Posted on April 14, 2018 by alert5

An election video for Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has publicly revealed the country’s IAI Harop suicide drone.

Screen grab from YouTube

Russia has been jamming GPS signals in Syria, affecting U.S. drone operations

Posted on April 11, 2018 by alert5

U.S. officials are complaining that Russia has started jamming GPS signals in Syria, affecting the operations of some unmanned aerial vehicles.

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle comes in for a landing at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Nov. 20. Reapers are remotely piloted and can linger over battlefields, providing persistent strike capabilities to ground force commanders. This Reaper is deployed to the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance and Attack Squadron from Creech Air Force Base, Nev.