Surveillance Superdrone
Tactical UAV or serious toy spy plane? Keep up with—and keep tabs on—the Joneses It takes two sets of wings to Tango-this unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from Draganfly Innovations uses tandem front...
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Air Force's Next-Gen Bomber Will Be More Spy Plane Than Strike Aircraft
Technology It turns out the Air Force's next-gen bomber really isn't much of a bomber at all. While the next iteration of stealth bombers is still but a sketch on the drawing board, the… It turns out...
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Amateur Space-Watchers Identify Recon Role of the Air Force's Top-Secret...
Technology Amateurs track X-37B across the sky Amateur astronomers on two continents have spilled some military secrets, finding clues that suggest that the Air Force's recently-launched, top-secret...
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Video: DARPA's Nano-Hummingbird Spy Drone Can Fly For Eight Minutes And Perch...
Technology A year and a half ago, we saw our first look at DARPA's hummingbird drone, a teeny robotic spyplane inspired by the mid-air dexterity of the hummingbird. But now we've got a… A year and a...
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Mysterious Barcode Patterns Strewn Across U.S. Land [Gallery]
Aviation Spotted near airforce bases, these curious painted asphalt patterns are Cold War artifacts. Consider it a barcode for bombers--an eye test for spy planes. Across empty stretches of the United...
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CIA Kept Area 51 Secret Because Rumors Cooler Than Reality
Technology A spy plane, an intelligence agency, and the magical logic of conspiracy theories all made an American legend. Yesterday the CIA declassified a 400-page document about Area 51, the secret...
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Iconic Cold War Spyplane May Get A Drone Makeover
Military Lockheed hopes remote controls will make flying the U-2 affordable again Based at times in Area 51, the U-2 spyplane tested the very limits of human endurance and Cold War technology when it...
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Who Will Save This Gloriously Strange One-Eyed Aircraft?
Aviation The creator of the Optica pitches the lost spy plane at Paris Air Show No, it's not a prop from a James Bond movie. But the Edgley Optica is undeniably one strange, beautiful bird. First...
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Watch Technicians Take Apart And Rebuild A U-2 Spy Plane
Military Stuck in a repair cycle it can’t get out of Old spyplanes don't fall apart, they just get carefully put back together… Old spyplanes don't fall apart, they just get carefully put back together…
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Meet China's New Spy Plane (With An Austrian Body)
Eastern Arsenal It's outfitted for electronic warfare Chinese manufacturers take an Austrian private jet, and outfit it for electronic warfare.
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