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Germany is on track to begin operating leased Israel Aerospace Industries Heron 1 unmanned air vehicles in Afghanistan in March, with its first personnel having completed training on the system. Continue reading.

On Thursday last week, I read that an unmanned air vehicle ( UAV ) had been recently used by the UK’s Merseyside Police in the tracking and arrest of two suspected car thieves (BBC News:’Merseyside police drone tracks car theft suspects’) …

New Simulation Capability Aids UAV Research: “Thanks to Air Force Research Laborflatory design and development expertise, an important new collaborative simulation capability–one facilitating coopera-tive unmanned air vehicle …

ADA selected for UAV wings research (UPI). Published by admin on 03/2/10 • Filed in Defence. DENVER, Feb

The Italian air force is investigating the cause of a crash involving one of its upgraded General Atomics RQ-1B Predator A Plus unmanned air vehicles on…

EADS’s Barracuda unmanned air vehicle could be teamed with a Eurofighter Typhoon for a ground-attack demonstration …

RQ-170 Sentinel The mystery UAV first revealed by UVOnline back in April now has an identity. In a statement, the United States Air Force (USAF) announced the operation of the RQ-170 Sentinel, a low-observable unmanned air system built …

The Air Force has confirmed the existence of a previously unknown Lockheed Martin unmanned surveillance aircraft after photos of it at an Afghan air base were published online.

Navy Team Sets Endurance Record for UAV Fuel Cell Flight The Naval Research Laboratory’s Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle ( UAV Arcturus UAV , HyperComp, Ion Tiger, Military Robotics, Office of Naval Research, …

15, 2009) — The Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL’s) Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle ( UAV ), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered flight. …