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Navy Deciding Who Flys UAVs Based on Weight

The Navy will follow a new weight-based approach to determine who can operate unmanned aerial vehicles, the Navy Times reports. The Navy wants UAVs that weigh more that 55 pounds to be operated as adjuncts to manned systems. Pilots and naval flight officers will fly the larger and more complex UAVs, said Joe Gradisher, spokesman for [...]

Despite increasing pressure to slash Pentagon spending, the top strategist for Boeing’s defense operations sees potentially steady growth opportunities in both cybersecurity and new unmanned aircraft programs, The Wall Street Journal reports. In a news briefing at the Paris Air Show, Chris Raymond, vice president of business development and strategy for Boeing’s Defense Space & [...]

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