While at RAF Fairford, the RQ-4 will conduct operations through international and Allied airspace, implementing the U.S. Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment concept. A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk ...
The RQ-4Bs operated by the 4th Reconnaissance Squadron permanently relocated to Yokota AB, where they already deployed every ...
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Over the past decade, unmanned aerial vehicles have shifted from niche military tools to essential assets in modern defense ...
As the news subsides on the U.S. operation in Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro and his wife, attention is now turning to the legal aspects of the prosecution. Nevertheless, this military ...
A video shared by CENTCOM shows the destruction of an Iranian clone of the RQ-170 Sentinel, which was reverse-engineered after crashing in Iran 15 years ago. An Iranian clone of the secretive U.S.
The Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) has received the first of four Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ordered in 2014.
Uncrewed aircraft manufacturer Insitu will now offer a kinetic strike option for its Integrator UAV, which the US Navy (USN) operates under the designation RQ-21 Blackjack. Boeing subsidiary Insitu on ...
The first clear pictures of the center-line reconnaissance bay on Lockheed Martin’s RQ-170 Sentinel show that the small unmanned aircraft was carrying sensor balls mounted in an internal compartment ...
Iran said Dec. 4 that it shot down a U.S. high-altitude, RQ-170 stealth unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on its eastern border, but U.S. officials disputed the claim, stating that the lost craft instead ...
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is proposing a stealthy, tailless flying-wing design for the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (Uclass) program. The 66-ft.-span, ...