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The US Marine Corps made history on December 17, 2011, by flying a cargo UAS in a war zone. Controllers on the ground flew a K-MAX unmanned helicopter from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, to Camp Payne in Helmand province, ferrying 3,500 pounds of supplies to fellow Marines. Continue reading
The Georgian Ministry of Defence has produced a video [below] of President Mikheil Saakashvili unveiling Georgia’s first domestically produced unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
The IDF Ground Forces Command is developing a miniature radar system that would link ground troops directly to UAS operations. Continue reading
Starting April 15, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will use the help of unmanned aircraft equipped with closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras for its traffic monitoring system. Continue reading
An International Security Assistance Force rotary-wing unmanned aircraft crashed in northern Afghanistan on April 6. Continue reading
The United States has suspended unmanned aircraft flights over the Seychelles while it investigates a second crash in four months on the archipelago. Continue reading
After two incidents resulting in crashes, Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout operations are on an ‘operational pause’ for the indefinite future. Continue reading
The first CIA RQ-170 Sentinel mission over Iran took place more than three years ago when the aircraft penetrated more than 600 miles inside the country, captured images of Iran’s secret nuclear facility at Qom and then flew home. Continue reading