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Civil defenseA new operational flexibility test for the X-45A
Seattle, USA - The UAV's controls were successfully transferred during its flight from a pilot to another one located in another base
The Boeing X-45A, the new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) currently involved by a significant experimental activity and able to perform both reconnaissance and attack missions, performed another leap forward... more
Civil defenseCoordinated in formation flight for two Boeing X-45As
Washington, USA - Two unmanned stealth airplanes flew in formation controlled by one operator on the ground during some tests
Boeing unveiled that two X-45A unmanned stealth airplanes accomplished an important test by flying in formation. Some two J-UCAS (Joint-Unmanned Combat Air System, a new name compared with the previous... more
Civil defenseGlobal Hawk: more than 1000 flight hours in Iraq and Afghanistan
Washington, USA - Even if the RQ-4As are still under delivery to the US Air Force's operative units
Northrop Grumman revealed recently that the deliveries of the RQ-4A Global Hawk remote-controlled reconnaissance airplanes to the dedicated units of US Air Force started, in particular at the Beale Air... more
Civil defenseMore autonomy in the future for the UAVs' activities
Washington, USA - Avionics devices under designing should enable such airplanes to operate autonomously in particular circumstances
US aerospace company Geneva Aerospace would be accomplishing an important programme related to the UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) sector. It deals in particular with avionics devices, which should make... more
Civil defenseHezbollah: "Our UAVs can carry explosive material"
Beirut, Lebanon - It would have been unveiled by some representatives of the Islamic armed movement
The Islamic armed movement Hezbollah talked about its reconnaissance activities over the Israeli territory by resorting to its remote-controlled aircraft again (see for details AVIONEWS). According to... more
Civil defenseThe analysis of the UAVs' deployment in Iraq and against the international terrorism
Washington, USA - The Predator and the ScanEagle as demonstrative platforms for the effectiveness of the remote-controlled airplanes
Pentagon performed recently some appraisals on the operative success achieved so far in Iraq and against the international terrorism by the deployment of the UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The US Department... more
Civil defenseHezbollah: "We do not deploy Iranian-made UAVs"
Beirut, Lebanon - The Islamic armed movement would have recently maintained that the its drones are Lebanese-made
The Islamic armed movement Hezbollah would have recently firmly given the lie to the news released on part of Arab press yesterday, according to which the reconnaissance drone detected by the Israeli armed... more
Civil defenseIsrael: "Hezbollah owns UAVs" (2). Yesterday in reconnaissance mission over Galilea
Tel Aviv, Israel - The radio-controlled aircraft would have only photographed the zone
On Sunday evening, the Israeli soldiers attention fastened on Western Galilea, near the Lebanon bound, where the Army is wakefulness: yesterday morning, Lebanese Hezbollah had announced to have sent a... more
Civil defenseIsrael: "Hezbollah owns UAVs"
Tel Aviv, Israel - The warning signal was called by Israeli Air Force after the detection occurred on last Sunday and the Hezbollah's claim
Israeli Air Force would have unveiled yesterday that it detected a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) flying over the Northern side of the country. What appears more relevant is that such remote-controlled... more
Civil defenseUK: the programme for a shipped UAV started
London, UK - Boeing, Thales UK e QinetiQ to develop the new remote-controlled airplane on the behalf of British Ministry of Defence
British Ministry of Defence awarded Boeing, Thales UK and QinetiQ the carrying out of a programme aimed to the production of a remote-controlled aircraft to be destined to the Royal Navy's activities.... more
Civil defenseUAV: the United States' efforts in the sector
Washington, USA - According to some analysts, Europe would have destined to military drones only a 10% of resources scheduled by the USA for the next 10 years
According to some analysts of the aerospace sector, the United States would be currently devoting higher efforts in the sector of the UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and armed drones, with investments which... more
Civil defenseNorthrop Grumman and Raytheon awarded with the contract for the new radar destined to the US Army's UAVs
Washington, USA - The AACER system to ensure a significant increase in the monitoring and target tracking capabilities
DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency), the US authority which attends to the development of the most advanced military programmes in the United States, would have awarded Northrop Grumman and... more
Civil defenseUS Predator crash in Pakistan near a military base
Multan, Pakistan - No victims nor damage at Jacobajad
A Predator, an American spy UAV, would have crashed near the military base at Jacobajad, in the South Pakistan, returning from a mission in Afghanistan. It occurred yesterday at 9:45am: fortunately there... more
Civil defenseUS Air Force awards the Predator
Washington, USA - An official prize for General Atomics thanks to the operative contribution ensured by the well known UAV
General Atomics can certainly feel proud for the recent prize awarded by US Air Force, for what has been possible to achieve so far in terms of operative results by the deployment of the remote-controlled... more
Civil defenseUN: Iraqi Baathist regime was unable to spread lethal chemicals by drones
New York, USA - It would have been unveiled by a report of UN's commissioners despite the different view of experts appointed by the Unites States
There is a views struggles in the United States among the experts appointed by American Government and the United Nations' commissioners regarding the presence of chemical and bacteriological weapons in... more
Civil defenseSYDNEY: THREE GIANT HELICOPTERS AGAINST FIRES
SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA, Three giant helicopters Sikorsky S-64, capable to launch 9.500 litres of water at a time, are fighting against fires menacing a residential quarter in the South of Sydney, last... more
Civil defenseUAV AGAINST FIRES
USA, A civilian version of the UAV Predator, the unmanned aircraft utilized in military application for the territory surveillance, effectuated its first flight, equipped with sensors to "see" for forest... more
Civil defenseTHE GERMAN AIR RESCUE SERVICE CHOOSE P&WC FOR ITS EC-135
GERMANY, Pratt&Whitney Canada has been selected by Deutsche Rettungflugwacht E.V., the German Air Rescue Service, to equip its fleet of Eurocopter EC-135. The selected engine is the PW206B2, realized by... more