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The U.S. military is planning a new UAS base in Africa that would expand its surveillance of al-Qaeda fighters and other militants in northern Mali, a development that would escalate American involvement in a fast-spreading conflict. Continue reading →

Oregon State University is forming a consortium with industry, academia and government to develop a new era of unmanned aircraft systems for remote sensing, to perform tasks that range from environmental monitoring to fighting forest fires, protecting crops or aiding law enforcement. Continue reading →

This  video shows a French Foreign Legion (2e régiment étranger de parachutistes – 2eREP) paradrop into Timbuktu, Mali, from a C-160 Transal airlifter of the French Air Force. Continue reading →

Carinthian Tech Research, Schiebel GmbH and Quest Innovations B.V. have developed a multi-spectral imaging system that is able to simultaneously capture three visible and two near infra-red channels.The system was mounted on a Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS for data acquisition. Continue reading →

The Iranian Defense Ministry started mass production of an advanced home-made air defence missile system.The production line of Ya Zahra air defence missile system was officially inaugurated on Sunday, January 27, 2013, in a special ceremony attended by Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. Continue reading →