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Graham Bethell flings his P-51 Mustang (ZK-TAF) arround the skies during another stellar display at Ardmore Aerodrome in Auckland, New Zealand — the home of the New Zealand Warbirds Association. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets $337M US Air Force Predator/Reaper Support Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is being awarded a $337,143,633 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and time and material contract to procure logistics services for the MQ-1 and MQ-9 Predator/Reaper Remotely Piloted Vehicle programme. Continue reading
Lightning & Thunderbolt Test First Rocket Weapons
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Newsreel footage of first tests of rocket weaponry by the Lockheed P-38 Lightning and the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. Continue reading
Iran Claims 2 Raven UAS Downed in 2012
Iran claims to have captured two miniature U.S.-made unmanned surveillance aircraft over the past 17 months, according to Iranian media. Continue reading
US Air Force 132nd Fighter Wing to Replace F-16 by Unmanned Aircraft
The roar of F-16 fighter jets streaking across the sky over Des Moines on training missions will soon be silenced. Continue reading
MIT Develops Autonomous UAS Flight
“Computers do things more precisely and faster than humans,” says Mary “Missy” Cummings, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. “But we need humans to deal with uncertainty. It’s this combination that interests me.” Continue reading
US Navy Issues Urgent Order to Equip MQ-8 Fire Scout with Maritime Surveillance Radar
U.S. Navy officials have issued an urgent order to equip the service’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter with the Telephonics Corp. RDR-1700 maritime-surveillance radar system. Continue reading
Japan Plans to Deploy Global Hawk to East China Sea
JAPAN is considering introducing American unmanned aircraft to boost surveillance of its territorial waters near islands in the East China Sea at the centre of a bitter dispute with Beijing, Kyodo News says. Continue reading