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US May Send Drone Chopper to Help Japan With Crippled Nuke Plant
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsCleanup work at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant presents a radiation risk to many workers, even helicopter pilots flying over the complex. One partial solution could be an unmanned aircraft capable of carrying 6,000 pounds of cargo -- in this case, water -- to help tame the crippled facility. "The U.S. Navy is currently exploring the possibility of deploying assets to provide humanitarian assistance to the government of Japan," Marcia Hart-Wise, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman, told AOL News, in response to a question about the K-MAX, an unmanned helicopter developed by the Lockheed Martin ...
Pentagon's Tiny New Spy Drone Mimics Hummingbird
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsLike a real hummingbird, the Pentagon's newest spy drone can fly up and down, side to side, and forward and backward. In fact, in a new video released this week by the company that produces it, the tiny drone looks and flies a lot like a real hummingbird as it buzzes over an operator outside. Meet the military's newest unmanned aerial vehicle, a camera-equipped drone known simply as a nano hummingbird. The drone, which for now is just a research project, recently demonstrated eight minutes of sustained flight. The video released by the company shows the bird-like aircraft flying into a ...
5 Questions About the Air Force's Gorgon Stare Drone
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsThe military is expected soon to send a new sensor system on its Reaper unmanned aircraft flying over Afghanistan that can keep watch over entire cities. The Air Force has even named the new "all seeing" system Gorgon Stare, after the mythological creature that could turn people into stone with her stare. But in reality, the sensor system -- which provides what is known in military nomenclature as wide-area surveillance -- works a bit more like a house fly than a monster. How does Gorgon Stare work? Key to Gorgon Stare are its nine cameras -- five that can see in daylight, and four that can ...
Mexican Drone Crash Lands in El Paso: 4 Possible Explanations
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Dec. 17) -- Someone needs to explain this. U.S. authorities are investigating an unmanned Mexican drone that crash landed in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday, the El Paso Times reported Friday. Authorities identified the drone -- which landed in "someone's backyard" -- as an Orbiter Mini UAV designed by Aeronautics Defense Systems. The company's website describes the aircraft as "the ultimate solution for over-the-hill reconnaissance missions, low-intensity conflicts and urban warfare operations." Initial reporting on the drone crash was sketchy to say the least. "I guess we are investigating, ...
Air Force Drone Patrols Reach New High
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News
(Nov. 5) -- More than two years after being sharply criticized by the secretary of defense for not flying enough surveillance missions, the U.S. Air Force has almost doubled the number of unmanned Predator and Reaper aircraft combat patrols. "On the second [of November], we stood up our 45th CAP [combat air patrol], and we're on target to deliver on time what our nation has asked of us to deliver," Lt. Gen. Philip Breedlove, the Air Force's deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements, told reporters Thursday. The Air Force is on schedule to reach its target of 65 CAPs, he ...
Study: Pakistanis Actually Favor CIA Drone Bombings
By Paul Kix - AOL News
(Oct. 13) -- During the George W. Bush years, the CIA knew that the tribal regions of northwest Pakistan were a haven for al-Qaida and the Taliban. And yet the CIA once went eight months without bombing these regions with its unmanned drones, for fear of reprisal from the locals. Contrast that with President Barack Obama. Last month, these same unmanned planes bombed five targets a week in tribal Pakistan. The attacks, the U.S. government argues, are working; reports have shown that al-Qaida's senior management in Pakistan has basically been wiped out, including one of Osama bin Laden's sons ...
Israeli Company Debuts Tilt-Rotor Drone
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News
(Oct. 5) -- Israel, one of the world's leading makers of unmanned aircraft, unveiled today a new, small drone that can hover like a helicopter and fly like an airplane. Israel Aerospace Industries debuted its Panther unmanned aerial vehicle in Israel, touting its ability to take off without a runway and then fly for up to six hours. "An intriguing option is the Panther's ability to hover or land quietly in enemy territory, conduct surveillance like a ground sensor and then take off again," industry magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology reported. Israel Aerospace Industries The Panther, ...
Pakistan Deaths Part of Ramped Up US Drone Campaign
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Oct. 2) -- U.S. missiles killed more than a dozen people today in Pakistan -- a sign the CIA is pressing on with a controversial drone campaign that has left hundreds of suspected militants dead along the Afghan border but sparked public outrage among Pakistanis. Such attacks have inadvertently killed dozens of civilians over the years and withered Pakistani trust of the U.S.-led mission in neighboring Afghanistan. A NATO helicopter strike killed three Pakistani border guards earlier this week, prompting Pakistan to retaliate by barring coalition convoys from trucking supplies through a ...
Company: Drone Program Using Hacked Software
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL News(Sept. 17) -- A lawsuit winding its way through the Massachusetts courts could threaten one of the worst-kept secrets around: the CIA's drone program, which targets high-profile terrorists and insurgents in Pakistan. Intelligent Integration Systems Inc. (IISI), a Boston software company, is asking a judge to immediately stop customers, including the CIA, from using proprietary geospatial software that it says another company illegally reverse engineered. The request for a legal injunction filed earlier this month was posted Thursday evening by the Narcosphere.com. James Lee Harper Jr., AFP ...
Iran Inaugurates Nation's First Unmanned Bomber
By not in system - AOL NewsTEHRAN, Iran (Aug. 22) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies. The 4-meter-long drone aircraft can carry up to four cruise missiles and will have a range of 620 miles (1,000 kilometers), according to a state TV report - not far enough to reach archenemy Israel. "The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship," said Ahmadinejad at the inauguration ceremony, which fell on the ...
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