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Dec- 2017 -20 DecemberTechnology
13 winners share A$19 million in Australia’s Counter Improvised Threats Grand Challenge
Australia's Counter Improvised Threats Grand Challenge aims to develop a single prototype threat detection and defeat system
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14 DecemberTechnology
Flapless flight: Successful first flight of ground-breaking BAE Systems MAGMA UAV
BAE Systems and the University of Manchester successfully completed flight trials of MAGMA, a new UAV with a revolutionary blown-air flight control system
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13 DecemberMiddle East
Lebanon to get $120 million in US military aid including ScanEagle drones and helicopters
The United States is to give the Lebanese Armed Forces more than $120 million in additional military aid for border security and counter-terrorism operations
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12 DecemberAfrica
US drone strike targets Al Shabaab in Somalia
A US Africa Command drone strike in Somalia targeted al-Shabaab near the capital Mogadishu, the latest US airstrike against al-Qaeda and ISIS militants in the country.
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8 DecemberAsia Pacific
Pakistan Air Force ordered to shoot down foreign UAVs, including US drones
Pakistan's Air Force chief said he ordered the service to shoot down foreign drones in Pakistani airspace, including UAVs operated by the United States.
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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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