UAV

“A good number” of U.S. drones monitoring Syria

Posted in UAV on February 19th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

NBC News’ Jim Miklaszewski reports that “a good number” of U.S. military and intelligence drones are monitoring Syria.
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Britain, France to work closer on UAVs

Posted in UAV on February 18th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

Britain and France have agreed to work closer on deployment and development of unmanned air vehicles. The first step will see France evaluating U.K.’s Thales Watchkeeper UAV.
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Indian Navy lost Searcher MK II UAV

Posted in Navy, UAV on February 17th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

A Searcher MK II UAV from the Indian Navy crashed into a hill on Thursday while on a surveillance mission.

USAF cans MQ-X

Posted in Air Force, UAV on February 17th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

The U.S. Air Force has figured that its wiser to spend its money on data management of raw intelligence than getting new drones under the MQ-X program.

Cameron, Sarkozy expected to announce plans for UAV today

Posted in UAV on February 17th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are expected to announce plans to develop an unmanned stealth aerial vehicle during a summit in Paris today.
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CIA thinks RQ-170 may have failed to wipe data before crash

Posted in UAV on February 12th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

The CIA is worried that the RQ-170 that crashed in Iran may have failed to dump sensitive data before it went down.
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Indonesia to buy UAV from Philippine company

Posted in UAV on February 10th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

Indonesia will be buying a UAV from Kital Philippines and there is speculation that the source of the drone is from Israel.

Thales unveils FULMAR

Posted in UAV on February 9th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

Thales has unveiled its FULMAR maritime surveillance and identification UAV system.

HMCS Charlottetown brings ScanEagle to sea

Posted in Navy, UAV on February 9th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

HMCS Charlottetown is taking the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle to sea to explore the feasibility of integrating UAVs aboard HMC ships and developing expertise in operating UAVs at sea.

MCpl Robin Mugridge

Second Predator C flying

Posted in UAV on February 8th, 2012 by alert5 – Be the first to comment

General Atomics has constructed and flown its second jet-powered Predator C drone on Jan. 12.
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