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Civil defenseThe first RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk was presented
Palmdale, USA - It can fly with 36-hour endurance
Northrop Grumman presented the first series model of its UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) RQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk during a ceremony at the Antelope Valley Manufacturing Center in Palmdale, California. More... more
Civil defenseIsraeli air raid this night in Gaza: maybe four dead
Gaza, Gaza Strip - An Israeli drone has bombed the Shijaia quarter
The Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip go on. Sources of the Palestinian security forces have retailed that four members of the radical Hamas are dead this night following an Israel air raid. The Zionist... more
Civil defenseUS civil pilots doubts of UAV safety
Washington, USA - Many drones fly in the national civil airspace by now
"USA Today", quoting the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), reports that pilots worry for the use of remote-controlled UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)... more
Civil defenseUS Predators in SAR operations
Washington, USA - They have been used only in military mission until now
The US Federal Aviation Administration authorized the use of Predator (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) UAV aircraft as support in Search & Rescue operations. The remote controlled RQ-1s and RQ-9s have been used... more
Civil defenseUSA sell UAV to Poland and Australia
Washington, USA - For anti-terrorism and surveillance missions
Bush administration is in talks with Poland and Australia for the sale of remote-controlled UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) aircraft. Warsaw is interested in purchasing drones to be used in anti-terrorism... more
Civil defenseNewborn for Lockheed
Washington, USA - New techniques of building and features of flight
In the famous "Skunk Works", the Lockheed’s laboratories where are born several of the most futuristic aircraft of the Aviation history, there has been a new birth, an aircraft without pilot (UAV - Unmanned A... more
Civil defenseBoeing chose a new site for ScanEagle training
Washington, Usa - It will be Clovis, in New Mexico
ScanEagle is a remote-control Unmanned arial vehicle (Uav), also called drone realized by Boeing in cooperation with Insitu Group. Its take-off is operated trough a pneumatic wedge and controlled by the... more
Civil defenseGalileo Avionica: Falco flies in UK
London, United Kingdom - It is being exhibited in "Paus 2006"
Today and tomorrow Galileo Avionica (Finmeccanica Group) has been exhibiting Falco, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) remote controlled tactic surveillance system, at "PAUS 2006" (ParcAberporth Unmanned Systems)... more
Civil defenseUAV aircraft will patrol EU's borderline
London, UK - It was retailed by British weekly newspaper "Independent on Sunday"
Robot spy aircraft could be used to patrol EU’s borderline. It was retailed by British weekly newspaper "Independent on Sunday" which has also specified that the most part of the aircraft should have t... more
Civil defenseEADS. Zoller: the unmanned aircraft market is worth EUR 10bn
Berlin, Germany - Stefan Zoller, EADS Defence and Security Systems CEO, said that
During a press conference at "ILA 2006 Berlin Air Show", the CEO of EADS subsidiary, Defence and Security Systems, Stefan Zoller, said that "Unmanned aircraft market is worth 10 billion since now until... more
Civil defenseItalian Air Force's Predator recuperated
Baghdad, Iraq - Today the repairs started
It was recuperated by the Italian contingent the Predator of our Air Force crashed yesterday, 50 kilometres from Nassiriya, for an engine’s breakdown while it was coming back by a patrol mission (see f... more
Civil defenseUAV sector is in strong growth
Rome, Italy - Italian industry is vanguard in this field
The orders for UAV aircraft (Unmanned air vehicle) are increasing in a very strong way. It was made known by Northrop Grumman, which is among the main supplier companies of this type of aircraft for the... more
Civil defenseMore UAV in American skies?
Washington, USA - Defense and Aviation Administration seem willing to massive use of remote control airplanes
Though used by US Air Force since 1997, UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) could be employed by the Government in much larger number to patrol national borders, catch criminals, monitor the environment, assist... more
Civil defenseUAV funds to US Armed Forces
Washington, USA - Devolved mostly to the Navy
The chairman of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Ted Stevens, lately criticized Pentagon leaders for devolving the most of researches and activities connected with UAVs (Unmanned Aerial... more
Civil defenseNeuron, the project will be presented at the end of week
Paris, France - The starting of the development of an European combat aircraft without pilot
Within the end of this week the search programme Neuron will be launched officially for the realization of an UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) all European. The initiative accepted by French Government... more
Civil defenseEDA: first funds for the UAV sector
Brussels, Belgium - Two programmes devoted to sensors, datalink and flight safety
The European Defence Agency (EDA) has decided to fund two remote-controlled aircraft-dedicated programmes for the first time. The first one regards a feasibility study concerning the UAV (Unmanned Aerial... more
Civil defenseSweden: SAAB to economically support the Neuron programme
Stockholm, Sweden - Swedish Government to contribute to the UCAV project with a small stake, then devoting the gained savings to the Gripen programme
The European Neuron programme, regarding a stealth technology-provided armed remote-controlled aircraft (UCAV, Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle), involves France (as the real promoter and leader of the project),... more
Civil defenseBell: a Centre of Excellence for the remote-controlled aircraft
Graford, USA - Opened with the first activities devoted to the Eagle Eye UAV tilt-rotor
Bell performed a major leap forward in carrying on its research activities in the remote-controlled aircraft field. The headquarter of the Centre of Excellence exclusively devoted to tests of the UAVs... more
Civil defenseSwitzerland: UAVs arriving to monitor national borders
Berne, Switzerland - They are even likely to be deployed to warrant higher security during the next European Soccer Championship
Remote-controlled aircraft could be deployed by Swiss Air Force to support national borders monitoring activities performed by Border Guard starting in 2006. There is a double purpose: on the one hand,... more
Civil defenseUAE: development of an Arab UAV started
Dubai, EAU - Negotiations would be on going with European, South Korean, South African, Russian and Chinese companies for a partnership on the programme
The United Arab Emirates intend to develop their own aerospace industry starting with the development of a remote-controlled aircraft for surveillance activities, and a prototype would be already about... more
Civil defenseRussia: Putin likes the Israeli UAVs
Moscow, Russia - Industrial collaboration agreements between the two countries with additional growth prospects
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, would have proven quite interested in the Israeli-made remote-controlled aircraft. Israeli specialized industry and Russian aerospace companies would have signed collaboration... more
Civil defenseIndia: 50 Israeli-made UAVs have been ordered
Tel Aviv, Israel - Relations in the military field between the two states have been so consolidated further in the airborne surveillance sector
After the industrial effort which led to the provision of a surveillance, command and control system based on a Ilyushin Il-76 platform and provided with Israeli-made avionics, relations between Tel Aviv... more
Civil defenseIran denounced illegal overflights by American UAV aircraft
Teheran, Iran - Two drones crashed over Iranian territory last Summer
Teheran sent two letters to the United Nations to protest against illegal overflights by two spying remote-controlled US aircraft (Uav, Unmanned aerial vehicles), crashed and whose wreckage were found... more
Civil defenseAlso Australian UAVs to go to Iraq
Canberra, Australia - Australian Minister of Defence Robert Hill announced it
Australian Defence Minister Robert Hill announced that also Australian UAVs will be redeployed in Iraq, to perform reconnaissance and surveillance operations providing real time information. These will... more
Civil defenseGalileo Avionica: Mirach 100/5 aerial drone target under promotion in the USA
Washington, USA – A successful product quite appreciated in Europe and within NATO
The Mirach 100/5 aerial drone target produced by Galileo Avionica/SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems is under promotion in the United States. It deals with a solution quite appreciated in Europe and by... more
Civil defenseA "Customs guard" Predator for the United States
Washington, USA – The first RQ-1 exclusively devoted to American borders surveillance has been shown
The General Atomics RQ-1 Predator remote-controlled aircraft will not be deployed only for reconnaissance and attack missions activities during military operations in the future but also for monitoring... more
Civil defenseUSAF: one man to control four "Unmanned aerial vehicle"
Washington, USA – Remote-control by a single operator for four Predator remote-controlled aircraft has been successfully tested
One single pilot, four UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) under control. This is the operational future of the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator remote-control aircraft as indicated by US Air Force, which already... more
Civil defenseSouth Korea: a stealth UCAV by 2020
Seoul, South Korea - Government has already invested some USD 6m for research on radar-absorbing materials and paintings
South Korean Government has already invested about USD 6m for the development of stealth technology for aviation and naval implementations. It would have been recently unveiled by Seoul’s Administration w... more
Civil defenseAVIONEWS' Specials: Captain Dentesano's article on the deployment of the UAV in Italy
Rome, Italy - Devoted to terminological matters and professionals titles for the use of such means for civil purposes in the country
AVIONEWS released an all-Italian version of a Captain Renzo Dentesano’s article devoted to the deployment of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for civil purposes in Italy. He underlines some relevant aspects c... more
Civil defenseThe first Heron UAV to be operated by Israeli Air Force soon
Tel Aviv, Israel - It will be deployed for homeland surveillance and maritime patrolling
Israeli Air Force is about to take delivery of its first IAI (Israel Aircraft Industries) Machaz 1 remote-controlled reconnaissance aircraft, better known in the international market as Heron. The armed... more