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Nov- 2017 -28 NovemberTechnology
General Atomics to integrate precision-guided small diameter bomb onto Reaper drone
General Atomics was awarded a $17.5 million contract to integrate the precision-guided GBU-39B small diameter bomb onto its MQ-9 Reaper, giving the drone a 75 km stand-off weapons capability
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21 NovemberAir
Indian Navy Searcher surveillance drone crashes in Kochi
An Indian Navy Searcher surveillance drone crashed shortly after take-off near Kochi, just hours before the country's vice president was due to visit
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20 NovemberBusiness
India wants 60 short-range surveillance drones
The Indian Army issued a Request for Information on the purchase of 60 short-range remotely piloted surveillance aircraft
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15 NovemberAfrica
US carries out drone strike against al-Shabaab in Somalia, killing several
The U.S. military targeted and killed several al-Shabaab militants in Somalia with a drone strike, U.S. Africa Command said on Wednesday.
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14 NovemberTechnology
Autonomous tactical resupply: US-UK joint trials of driverless truck convoy, quadcopter drops
The UK and US armies conducted joint trials in Michigan of a driverless resupply truck convoy, quadcopter last-mile supply drops and a 4x4 remotely piloted by an Xbox controller
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12 NovemberAfrica
US conducts 3 airstrikes in 24 hours in Somalia against al-Qaeda and Islamic State
U.S. forces struck three times in 24 hours in Somalia, increasing the intensity of the campaign against al-Qaeda and Islamic State affiliates in Somalia
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10 NovemberTechnology
Killer robots? UN to hold talks on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
The UN is to begin talks on autonomous weapons, but a treaty governing killer robots remains distant, the ambassador leading discussions said
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6 NovemberCommentary
“You’ve got to tell us more”: The 9/11 blank check, 16 years on
Sixteen years after the US Congress authorized the president to go after terrorists in Afghanistan, the AUMF exists as a blank check to wage war
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Oct- 2017 -7 OctoberMiddle East
Pentagon: US strike in Yemen on October 4 killed AQAP terrorist
The U.S. military carried out a strike in Yemen on October 4 that resulted in death of an AQAP militant, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed to The Defense Post
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5 OctoberBusiness
Northrop Grumman to produce surveillance drones for Japan under $130 million contract
Northrop Grumman was awarded a $130.5 million contract for three Global Hawk surveillance drones intended for Japan, the U.S. Department of Defense said.
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