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  • France wants to rapidly close large unmanned aircraft technology gap they have with the Americans

    06/22/2005 5:39:50 AM PDT · by FraudFactor.com · 55 replies · 1,166+ views
    The Jerusalem Post ^ | June 22, 2005 | Marc Daugherty
    France wants to rapidly close large unmanned aircraft technology gap they have with the Americans "France fully acknowledges Israel's experience in the development of advanced pilotless aircraft. We strongly feel France must rapidly close the large gap existing between us and the Americans in this field," said Francois Moysan to The Jerusalem Post. Moysan is a project engineer for the French Defense Ministry Armaments Directorate. Moysan also said IAI would team up with European defense giant EADS in a new $350 million French contract for the joint development of EuroMALE - a high-altitude, long-range, wide-body drone. "EuroMALE will be...
  • Boeing: Robot plane drops bomb in successful test

    04/19/2004 2:05:44 AM PDT · by endthematrix · 14 replies · 226+ views
    USATODAY ^ | 4/18/2004 | AP
    A robotic plane deliberately dropped a bomb near a truck at Edwards Air Force Base on Sunday, marking another step forward for technology the U.S. military hopes will one day replace human pilots on dangerous combat missions. Under human supervision but without human piloting, a prototype of Boeing's X-45 took off from the desert base, opened its bomb bay doors, dropped a 250-pound Small Smart Bomb and then landed. The inert bomb struck within inches of the truck it was supposed to hit, Boeing said, adding that had the bomb contained explosives, the target would have been destroyed. "It's absolutely...