Saturday, April 12, 2008




Navy sonar blamed for death of beaked whales found washed up a shore
Independent, UK - Apr 6, 2008
By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor Anti-submarine sonar may have killed a group of whales found dead in the Hebrides in one of Britain's most unusual ...

Navy sonar in state waters concerns whale scientists
KTUU, AK - Apr 3, 2008
Naval officials respond that the science remains "unclear" about the threats sonar poses to whales, though. "What we're trying to do is make sure ...


Northrop May Beat Boeing, Lockheed for Navy Spy Plane (Update1)
Bloomberg - Apr 8, 2008
Lockheed and Boeing have never won a contract for unmanned aircraft as big as Northrop's Air Force order. Lockheed is joining General Atomics Aeronautical ...NOC

Drone Washes Ashore on Alabama Beach
WSFA, AL - 10 hours ago
An odd object washed up on an Alabama beach for the second day. An Air Force drone washed ashore near Fort Morgan Thursday. A drone is an unmanned aircraft ...
Second drone washes ashore
Press-Register - al.com, AL - Apr 11, 2008
By GUY BUSBY Another Air Force drone washed ashore at Fort Morgan on Thursday morning about 300 yards from where one of the unmanned aircraft was found ...
Air Force Drone Washes Ashore
WTVY, AL - Apr 10, 2008
A military unmanned plane, known as a drone, came ashore late Wednesday and was found by two spring breakers. According to an officer at Eglin Air Force ...

Second drone found along Ft. Morgan Peninsula
MyFox Gulf Coast, AL - Apr 10, 2008
By Adam Ghassemi FORT MORGAN PENINSULA, Ala. -- When people head to the beach they expect waves, sand and sun, but some will probably be telling stories ...
Drones Recovered By Air Force
WKRG-TV, AL - Apr 10, 2008
By Debbie Williams Reporter A recovery mission on the beaches of Baldwin County after two military drones wash ashore. The unexpected visitors caused quite ...
Second Air Force Drone Washes Ashore
WKRG-TV, AL - Apr 10, 2008
By Jamie Burch Coast Guard and Air Force tell News 5 a second drone has washed up on shore, about 300 yards east of Fort Morgan. Just before noon today, ...
Air Force Drone used for target practice
MyFox Gulf Coast, AL - Apr 9, 2008
FORT MORGAN -- FOX10 News has learned an unmanned Air Force Drone that washed up on Fort Morgan Wednesday was used as an aerial target for fighter jets. ...
Crashed Air Force Drone Found Near
WKRG-TV, AL - Apr 9, 2008
By WKRG Staff More information is being learned about the Air Force equipment found on a beach near Fort Morgan. According to Captain Carrie Kessler, ...

Drone Kills 6 Iraqi Insurgents
KQCA, My58.com, CA - 17 hours ago
A missile fired from an unmanned military drone killed six heavily armed Iraqi insurgents in Baghdad Thursday, US military officials reported. ...

Second Tyndall drone washes ashore in Alabama
The News Herald, FL - 13 hours ago
Spring breakers in Fort Morgan, Ala., spotted the first drone on Wednesday, reportedly forcing closure of a small portion of the beach. Then, a second drone ...
US Air Force Drone Washes Ashore In Alabama Local6.com
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The drone of irrelevance
Telegraph-Journal, Canada - 5 hours ago
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, why is no one questioning the strategy and the cost in dollars of Jeannot Volpé's filibustering on health care ...

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US drone bombs Sadr City
PRESS TV, Iran - Apr 11, 2008
A US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has fired a missile northeast of Baghdad, killing at least six people, the American military says. ...
US choppers kill 7 Iraqi civilians PRESS TV
13 Die in Overnight Clashes in Iraq The Associated Press
US, British Airstrikes Kill 12 In Iraq Allheadlines
AFP - International Herald Tribune
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UVOnline.com
Turkish Aerospace Industries records first flight with turboprop ...
UVOnline.com, UK - Apr 10, 2008
Under the agreement, the indigenous turboprop engine, developed by TEI for unmanned air vehicles, was integrated to TAI’s target drone Turna, ...

Air Force drones recovered on Alabama shore
WZTV, TN - Apr 11, 2008
(AP) -- Two unmanned drone aircraft that washed ashore on the Alabama coast near Fort Morgan have been recovered by the Air Force, which downed them off the ...

Thirteen militants killed...More G7 meetings...Spring snowstorm ...
KXMC, ND - 5 hours ago
The US military says tanks and drone-fired missiles were used to put down attacks on US and Iraqi soldiers. But Iraqi police and hospital officials say ...
13 Die in Overnight Clashes in Iraq
Town Hall, DC - 8 hours ago
The military says Abrams tanks and drone-launched Hellfire missiles were used to quell attacks on US and Iraqi soldiers. US Commander in Iraq General David ...
I’ve had enough of the incessant drone
Worcester News, UK - Apr 7, 2008
I work outside so I can never avoid this constant drone. Might I suggest, next time you hear this noise and the sky is clear, you look up and will be able ...

Pilots Yanked Out of Planes for Drone Duty
Wired News - Mar 31, 2008
So bad, the Air Force is yanking pilots out of old-school planes, and sticking them on drone duty, instead. For the past several years, there's been a "300% ...

Unmanned Drone Kills 6 Iraqi Insurgents
KNBC.com, CA - 18 hours ago
A missile fired from an unmanned military drone killed six heavily armed Iraqi insurgents in Baghdad Thursday, US military officials reported. ...


UVOnline.com
Smithsonian “Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicle” Exhibit Opens April 24
UVOnline.com, UK - Apr 10, 2008
Starting Thursday April 24, visitors to the National Air and Space Museum will get a glimpse of six aircraft representing a cross section of modern unmanned ...
Unmanned aircraft flies to US
Newindpress, India - Apr 10, 2008
BANGALORE: For the first time in India, an unmanned aircraft built by students of RV College of Engineering will be competing at the International ...
Raytheon Joins the UAV Race
Motley Fool - 19 hours ago
... to its innovator cred with the announcement that the US Air Force has hired it to "develop, integrate and test" a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). ...RTN
US Navy nears award for new unmanned patrol plane
Reuters - Apr 7, 2008
By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - The US Navy is nearing an announcement on a new unmanned surveillance plane to replace its aging P-3 ...LMT

All American Patriots (press release)
Remotely Piloted, Unmanned MQ-1 Predator Crashes In Iraq
All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Apr 10, 2008
The "M" is the Department of Defense designation for multi-role and "Q" means unmanned aircraft system. The "1" refers to the aircraft being the first of a ...
MPs foreign travel leaving Australia unmanned
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Apr 10, 2008
By Michael Madigan THE Rudd Government has been accused of strutting the world stage instead of concentrating on domestic issues in the lead-up to the ...
US unmanned plane crashes in Iraq
Xinhua, China - Apr 9, 2008
BAGHDAD, April 9 (Xinhua) -- A US unmanned aerial plane crashed on Wednesday in north of Baghdad, the US military said. An Air Force MQ-1 Predator ...
US military's eyes in the sky - unmanned aerial vehicles
Malaysia Sun, Malaysia - Apr 9, 2008
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), as they are called, are the remotely piloted drones that prowl the skies above Iraq and Afghanistan, and if terrorists and ...



Popular Science
Research Agency DARPA Celebrates 50 Years of Technological Evolution
All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - 5 hours ago
Cheney, who served as secretary of defense under President George HW Bush, remarked that there was a shortage of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, ...
Remarks by Vice President Cheney on the 50th Anniversary of the ... FOXBusiness
Remarks by the Vice President on the 50th Anniversary of the ... InfoBolsa
Famed US research agency, DARPA, celebrates 50th anniversary domain-B
Aero-News Network
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Unmanned US Military Aircraft Crashes in Southern Somalia
Voice of America - Mar 28, 2008
Local government officials say the unmanned plane crashed Friday in the Lower Shabelle region, near the town of Marka. Witnesses say the aircraft came from ...



Blackanthem.com
UAV Kills 6 Heavily Armed Criminals
NewsBlaze, CA - 23 hours ago
BAGHDAD - Coalition forces from Multi-National Division - Baghdad operating an unmanned aerial vehicle observed a large group of criminals with ...
UAV Destroys Rocket Rails, Mortar and 10 Criminals NewsBlaze
MND-B Air Weapons Teams Engage Criminals NewsBlaze
Coalition Forces Return Fire After Complex Attack in Sadr City NewsBlaze
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TopNews
US drone bombs Sadr City
PRESS TV, Iran - Apr 11, 2008
A US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has fired a missile northeast of Baghdad, killing at least six people, the American military says. ...
US airstrikes kill 6 in Baghdad's Sadr City International Herald Tribune
US Airstrike in Baghdad Kill 6 The Associated Press
Mortar fire strikes landmark hotel in central Baghdad CNN International
AFP - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Outside View: Robot war future -- Part 2
United Press International - 22 hours ago
Each robot will be armed with two guided missiles and a machine gun. Equipped with a total of 1200-2400 robots controlled by 200 to 300 operators from a ...
Outside View: Robot war future -- Part 1 United Press International
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Robot Rebellion Quelled in Iraq
Slashdot - 7 hours ago
opencity writes "The Register reports that the (perhaps inevitable) robot rebellion has been avoided ... for now. 'Ground-crawling US war robots armed with ...
US war robots in Iraq 'turned guns' on fleshy comrades
Register, UK - Apr 11, 2008
By Lewis Page → More by this author Ground-crawling US war robots armed with machine guns, deployed to fight in Iraq last year, reportedly turned on their ...
Robot security guards strut their stuff
Arizona Daily Star, AZ - 7 hours ago
Instead, modern-day robots are too busy doing household chores to wage war. At the Intel Corp.-sponsored Arizona Robotics Competition Friday, ...
'Universe at War: Earth Assault' fails to engage
USA Today - 19 hours ago
With the exception of a small handful of robot enemies, I picked up each piece with little resistance. Heavier firefights were easier to find in the ...
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