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		<title>The Taliban’s First Drone? Not Quite</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/21/the-talibans-first-drone-not-quite/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/05/21/the-talibans-first-drone-not-quite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, some pictures of a micro-UAV that was found during a raid on insurgent supply cache in Helmand Province, Afghanistan recently emerged on the Internet prompting some to wonder if this example of one of the Taliban or al Qaeda’s first ever homemade drones. I can almost guarantee it’s not. What I can (almost) guarantee [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
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		<title>Block 30 Global Hawks May Stay</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/27/block-30-global-hawks-may-stay/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/27/block-30-global-hawks-may-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, despite the fact that Air Force leaders insist that the U-2 can get the same job done for less cash, lawmakers are forcing the service to keep the block 30 RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude spy done. The Air Force announced it was mothballing the Block 30s and keep the U-2 dragonlady’s that the RQ-4 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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		<title>Did Iran Really Hack the RQ-170s Maintenance Records?</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/23/did-iran-really-hack-the-rq-170s-maintenance-records/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/23/did-iran-really-hack-the-rq-170s-maintenance-records/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Monday, Our old friend the RQ-170 is back in the news again. Yup, Iran claims it has already reverse engineered parts of the jet and it’s encrypted software and it plans to make its own version of Lockheed Martin’s stealthy little drone. To prove it, the Iranians have said that the data they hacked [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>106</slash:comments>
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		<title>Navy Partnering Tomahawks and Small Drones as Hunter-Killers</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/20/navy-partnering-tomahawks-and-small-drones-as-hunter-killers/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/20/navy-partnering-tomahawks-and-small-drones-as-hunter-killers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Missiles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Defense Biz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve known for a while that the newest versions of the Navy’s Tomahawk cruise missile can be rediriected in flight to hit moving targets but now the sea service is working to joining Tomahawks and small UAVs operated by special operations teams in a sort of hunter-killer combo. Basically, the SOF teams will use their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>VIdeo: ATK’s Hatchet</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/19/video-atks-hatchet/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/19/video-atks-hatchet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drone Bombing Campaign]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17027</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ATK showed off a compact little bomb it’s developing for use on small UAVs at the Navy League’s Sea, Air and Space show in Maryland this week. Dubbed the “Hatchet,” this 60mm munition can be mounted on platforms such as the ScanEagle and is designed to offer a low-collateral damage alternative to the Hellfire missile [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Navy’s Newest Drone Chopper</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/17/the-navys-newest-drone-chopper/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/17/the-navys-newest-drone-chopper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=17000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yup, the Navy is moving ahead with its plan to replace it’s relatively small MQ-8B Fire Scout drone helicopters with an unmanned version of the Bell 407 chopper, dubbed the MQ-8C Fire Scout (sometimes FireX, that will carry increased cargo and more than double the robot chopper’s endurance. “We’ve been asked to carry more packages [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Navy to Speed Up Carrier-Launched Combat Drone Program</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/17/navy-to-speed-up-carrier-launched-drone-program/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/17/navy-to-speed-up-carrier-launched-drone-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16994</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[That’s right, the Navy has been told by Pentagon brass to hurry up and figure out a way to get a stealthy, combat drone flying off aircraft carriers by the end of the decade service officials said today. Two years ago the Navy announced that it planned on fielding a stealthy, fighter-size drone that could [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>Boeing’s New Carrier-Launched Drone Design</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/16/16952/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/16/16952/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it looks like ths might be Boeing’splanned bid for the Navy’s next strike fighter, (after JSF, anyway) known as the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS). I just took this picture, showing a drawing of an advanced looking-drone under the UCLASS name, at Boeing’s booth at the Navy League’s annual Sea, Air, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>DoD’s 30-Year Aviation Plan</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/12/dods-30-year-aviation-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/12/dods-30-year-aviation-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Air]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here you have it, the Pentagon’s annual 30-year aviation plan. Click through the jump to read all about how the Defense Department plans on buying two new VC-25 presidential transports (Air Force One) by the end of this decade, kicking off an effort to replace the ancient T-38 Talon around 2018, new bombers and a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>57</slash:comments>
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		<title>Navy Grounds Firescout Drone Choppers</title>
		<link>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/10/navy-grounds-firescout-drone-choppers/</link>
		<comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/04/10/navy-grounds-firescout-drone-choppers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, then. With Navy MQ-8B Firescout drones doing everything from violating the airspace restrictions around Washington DC to crashing around the world from Libya to Afghanistan, it seems that the Navy has grounded the little helicopter drones indefinitely. The grounding comes after a Firescout went down on March 30 in the ocean off the coast [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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