The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) carried out its first land-based catapult launch Nov. 29 from Patuxent River.
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Thales Nederland to update Dutch Goalkeepers
Thales Nederland will upgrade 16 Royal Netherlands Navy’s Goalkeeper Close-In Weapon Systems. The first Goalkeeper will be modified in 2015 and will be performed by Thales. All other Goalkeepers will be modified by the Royal Netherlands Navy at the naval base in Den Helder.
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USAF had plans to nuke the moon
During the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force hatched a top-secret plan in 1958 to shoot a nuclear bomb to the moon and detonate it there.
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Israel developing stealthy UAV
According to Flight Global, IAI is working on a large stealthy UAV. Israel’s involvement in stealth technologies goes back to the 1990s.
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Chilean UAV makes first flight
A UAV developed by the Chilean army, named Lascar, has successfully completed its maiden flight.
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