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Iran guided the CIA’s “lost” RQ-170 to an intact landing inside hostile territory by exploiting a navigational weakness long-known to the US military, according to an Iranian engineer now working on the captured drone’s systems inside Iran. Continue reading
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Cassidian on behalf of EADS Deutschland GmbH and Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A. to jointly investigate the potential cooperation in the field of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV). Continue reading
Gatewing, manufacturer of the X100 unmanned aircraft system for mapping and surveying, introduces Gatewing Stretchout, a new image processing solution which automatically converts X100 image data to accurate orthophotos and DSMs. Continue reading
Denmark’s Army is planning to buy tactical unmanned aircraft systems for avariety of different missions. Continue reading
MBDA Inc., the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of missile manufacturer MBDA, has purchased Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Viper Strike munitions business, located in Huntsville, AL. Terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. Continue reading
L-3 Communications Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire the Kollmorgen Electro-Optical unit of Danaher Corp. for $210 million in cash. Continue reading
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Iran has rejected a US call for the return of an unmanned surveillance aircraft captured by Iran’s military earlier this month. Continue reading
This video demonstrates the automated tablet flight capabilities of the SwiftSight Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading