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Boeing is looking to fly its company-funded Phantom Eye hydrogen-fuelled, long-endurance unmanned aircraft in late October or early November at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Continue reading
According to Daryl Davis, chief of Boeing’s Phantom Works division, Boeing’s Phantom Ray is being put into storage, now that it’s successfully completed its test flights. Continue reading
AeroVironment, Inc. announced yesterday that it received a $6,874,175 firm-fixed-price order from the US Air Force under an existing contract with the US Army. Continue reading
An American surveillance UAS apparently has crashed in the Somali port town of Kismayo, about 500 kilometers south of Mogadishu,which is controlled by the militant group al-Shabab. Continue reading
A US Air Force Block 10 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft, built by Northrop Grumman, completed its last mission in late May. Continue reading
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Iran recently mounted the Div-e-Sepid competition, in which competitors from up to 65 teams square off by racing their homemade unmanned aircraft around Mount Damavand, Iran’s highest mountain peak.
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently selected Aurora Flight Sciences for the Manufacturing Technologies for Remotely Piloted Vehicles (MaTeR) programme. Continue reading
Inexpensive and easy to use MAVs, developed by Severin Leven and Swiss-based Sensefly, are shown here to be able to flock in formations up to ten aircraft. Continue reading