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Lt. Col. Erik Drake, 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron Commander with assigned airmen in front of a MQ-1B Predator Dec. 15, 2011. Photo by Master Sgt. Paul Mann
As the world watched the last convoy pass through the gates at Khabari Crossing on the Kuwait-Iraq border, they may not have realized those on the ground had some help in the skies from airmen with a historic lineage. Continue reading
Photo: General Atomics
The US Air Force is planning to develop a heavier, more powerful version of the jet-powered, reduced signature Predator C Avenger for deployment soon in combat zones. Continue reading
Australia’s Defense Department removed three major projects, including the Joint 129 Phase 2 project for tactical unmanned aircraft, from its official list of contracts falling behind schedule or having cost overruns. Continue reading
The Rapid Equipping Force (REF) has a requirement to purchase Unmanned Aircraft System to support Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Shortfalls in the environmentally inhospitable operating environment of Afghanistan. Continue reading
Global Hawk Block 30
The sale of as many as four Northrop Grumman Global Hawks to help improve South Korea’s reconnaissance capability may have stalled. Continue reading
Photo: Lockheed Martin
The US Marine Corps flew two unmanned K-MAX helicopter test flights out to one of the forward operating bases in Afghanistan without a load on December 15 and 16. Continue reading
Take everything that Iran says about its captured US drone with a grain of salt. But its new claim that it spoofed the drone’s navigational controls isn’t implausible. Continue reading
An internal review of the US Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities indicates the need for unmanned aircraft systems that can survive in contested airspace, as well as improved data processing and greater capacity for movement and dissemination of that data, according to a senior service official. Continue reading