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Aug 21, 2015
If a provocation led to unplanned violence between Japan and China, leaders may struggle to control nationalist pressure for escalation. Technical factors, especially the vulnerability of ISR systems, would also be destabilizing.
Aug 21, 2015
The money is part of Madrid’s broader purchase plan calling for a €171-million investment in medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial system technology through 2020, though the first UAS is not expected to be operational before 2017.
Aug 21, 2015
British safety regulator aims to simplify unmanned aircraft operating rules after near-misses close to major airports.
Aug 21, 2015
Japan probably has the third or fourth largest sigint establishment in the world, ranking behind the U.S. and Britain but possibly ahead of Russia and China, say Australian researchers.
Aug 21, 2015
Lockheed’s plan builds on the foundation of the constantly upgraded U-2 platform to fill perceived gap in Air Force ISR capability.
Aug 21, 2015
As flight durations can be lengthy U-2 pilots eat a form of liquidized food through a tube which is inserted into the helmet through a special port.
Aug 20, 2015
This F-35A fired 181 rounds from its four-barrel, 25 millimeter Gatling gun embedded in its left wing during ground tests at Edwards AFB earlier this month.
Aug 20, 2015
Team developing V-280 Valor advanced tiltrotor for U.S. Army’s mid-2030s Future Vertical Lift rotorcraft is using a full-scale cockpit mock-up to define concepts for an advanced cockpit.