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The iconic twin turboprop P.180 Avanti has been transformed into a UAV by Piaggio and Selex ES. The P.1HH Hammerhead can remain airborne for 16 hours at 45,000 feet.
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The Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Block 2 was tested at Insitu’s flight test range in eastern Oregon recently.
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A Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 has flight test the Thales’s I-Master radar system on Feb. 13. The I-Master is a high-performance radar with GMTI and SAR modes.
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At the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, Raytheon has secured a $117.2 million order to supply GBU-12 and GBU-58 LGB kits to the UAE.
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Raytheon and General Atomics announced last week that they are working to integrate Raytheon’s Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) on the MQ-9.
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