Latin American air forces turn to indigenous UAVs
Recent developments in Brazil and Colombia reflect a trend towards domestic UAV manufacturing.
Unmanned Vehicles
Japan secures Global Hawks and eyes Avengers
Tokyo has committed money as part of its order of three RQ-4 Global Hawk HALE UAVs, with the US DoD announcing on 19 November an FMS contract worth $489,924,430 for Northrop Grumman.
The DoD’s website listed Japan’s acquisition as Block 30(I) aircraft, with ‘I’ denoting ...
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