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Dutch Defense Ministry Buys Drones Worth €250 Million
November 22, 2013 @ 03:42 PMThe Dutch defence ministry is buying four US unmanned aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper, at a cost of up to €250 million, to be operational by the end of 2017, defence minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert told parliament in a statement on Thursday. The drones can also carry weapons but the Netherlands does not need that capacity at present, a ministry spokesman told Nos television later
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Exelis To Build Predator B Carriage And Release Systems
November 6, 2013 @ 02:49 PMExelis has been awarded a $20.6 million contract by General Atomics to produce the BRU-71/A ejector rack for the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft
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Pentagon Awards Contracts Worth $279 Million To Raytheon And General Atomics
October 1, 2013 @ 02:32 PMRaytheon Co. is being awarded a $230 million contract for the X-Band radar in support of the Missile Defense Agencys Sensors Program
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French Air Force Flies Reaper UAV For The First Time
September 26, 2013 @ 03:20 PMA French air force crew conducted their first familiarization flight of a flying an MQ-9 Reaper drone on Tuesday, September 24, 2013, at the Holloman air force base in New Mexico, in the United States.The flight, which lasted two hours, was intended to familiarize the crew with the handling of the aircraft and of its on-board sensors; the crew consisted of two pilot/operators with prior experience of the French UAV systems
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CAE To Provide Training To Predator, Reaper Aircrew
August 8, 2013 @ 01:33 PMCAE today announced that CAE USA has been awarded a USAF contract to provide comprehensive Predator and Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) aircrew training services. Under terms of the contract, which was awarded as a one-year base contract for approximately US$20 million with four one-year options, CAE USA will provide classroom, simulator, and live flying instruction as well as courseware development in support of the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper training programs, according to an official statement
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CAE Wins Drone Training Contract Worth $100 Million
August 5, 2013 @ 02:43 PMCAE has won a contract worth $100 million to provide training for U.S
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L-3 Wins USAF's Predator Training Contract
July 23, 2013 @ 03:08 PML-3 Communications announced today that its Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) division has won the recompete for the U.S
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U.S. Tests RPA Pilots Bomb Hunting Skills
July 5, 2013 @ 02:35 PMThe USAFs Remotely Piloted Aircraft pilots, sensor operators and intelligence Airmen performed together at a Nevada Test and Training Range to check on their skills with live bomb drops. The 432nd Wing Hunt, formerly known as Gun Smoke, consisted of 18 teams from 14 squadrons - 10 MQ-9 Reaper teams and the rest with the MQ-1 Predator, according to officials
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France To Buy MQ-9 Reapers Worth $1.5 Billion
July 1, 2013 @ 09:31 AMFrance plans to buy as many as 16 MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) officials told Congress. The Reapers are included in a potentially $1
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General Atomics To Introduce MQ-9 Predator B Variant
June 27, 2013 @ 12:23 PMGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) is planning to introduce a variant of its Predator B Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPA)
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The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
