UK examines civilian use of UAVs
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Skies filled with drones by 2016? The UK is examing the possible deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) within 10 years across Britain's airspace for a range of civilian tasks including traffic control and environmental monitoring, The Guardian reports.â¦
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Investigations were under way Saturday into the killing of three British soldiers in a bomb dropped by a US fighter jet and intended for Afghanistan&#39;s Taliban rebels.
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Thales said it had won a contract from the British defence ministry for the maritime unmanned air vehicle (UAV), or drone, portion of the ministry's joint UAV experimentation programme.
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Pentagon police said the Defense Department is testing a security blimp -- equipped with surveillance cameras. The white blimp has been spotted this morning over the Pentagon and the Capitol building.
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US investigators are reported to be examining a spate of cases in which laser beams have been shone into the cockpits of aircraft.
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The Royal Air Force's transport aircraft are struggling with the demands of global conflicts, MPs say.
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Near collisions between planes on the ground is increasing, according to a document seen by the BBC.
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New concerns are being raised about the safety of the RAF's Nimrod spyplanes, following an investigation by Panorama.
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As airport security tightens, checkpoint lines grow and tempers fray amid fears of devastating airborne attacks, more and more Britons are calling for the use of profiling to decide which travelers should be singled out as possible threats.
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NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq -- The skies over Fallujah are so crowded with US military aircraft that they are layered in stacks above the city, from low-flying helicopters and swooping attack jets to a jet-powered unmanned spy drone that flies above 60,000 feet.
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US government efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks on the nation&#39;s planes and trains are increasingly incorporating smart technologies that can sniff out bomb residue on a passport or see through clothes to detect weapons taped to a would-be
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Safety measures have still not been introduced on some military aircraft, two years after a Hercules crash killed 10 UK servicemen, the BBC learns.
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A new system of biometric security scanners is being trialled by passengers at Heathrow airport.
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British scientists are monitoring a fourth aircraft for possible radioactive contamination as part of a police probe into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, interior minister John Reid said on Thursday.
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Afghan police say more civilians have been killed in air strikes, but Nato says it is not aware of civilian casualties.
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The US military says it is investigating the alleged killing of 10 civilians in air strikes in southern Iraq.
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Evidence emerges of growing concern over the scale of UK troop casualties in Afghanistan.