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India successfully flight-tests pilotless Lakshya India on Monday successfully flight-tested the indigenously developed micro-light Pilotless Target Aircraft Lakshya from the integrated test range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea in Orissa's Balasore district. Lakshya, a sub-sonic and re-usable...

Boeing Phantom Ray Completes Low-speed Taxi Tests The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system successfully completed low-speed taxi tests on Nov. 18 at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. "Phantom Ray did exactly what it was supposed to do," said Craig Brown, Phantom...

MQ-1 Predator UCAVs deployed in Yemen The United States has deployed Predator drones to hunt for al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen for the first time in years but has not fired missiles from the unmanned aircraft because it lacks solid intelligence on the insurgents' whereabouts, senior U.S...

USAF seeks more sophisticated drones The military aims to develop more sophisticated, high-tech drones and surveillance aircraft that can collect intelligence in increasingly dangerous combat airspace, a senior Air Force leader said Thursday. Under pressure from Pentagon leaders, the Air...

Raytheon Tests New Weapon Designed for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) successfully flight tested Small Tactical Munition, a new weapon specifically designed to be employed from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). STM is a 13-pound guided bomb that is approximately 2-feet...