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		<title>Ugandans Train on Raven UAVs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army News Service&#124;by Skip Vaughn REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. &#8212; Uganda air force Pvt. Ronald Mudhasi locked his arm as instructed and flung the small remote-controlled airplane into the overcast sky. The Raven flew majestically above Test Area 3 but Mudhasi&#8217;s work wasn&#8217;t finished. He joined his countrymen and their instructors under a nearby canopy to help control the unmanned aircraft system&#8217;s flight. Eight members of the Uganda air force received training on the Raven Dec. 12-23. The Uganda defense forces purchased four of the systems in July for $3 million, according to logistics management specialist Cindy Vanburg of AMCOM&#8217;s Security Assistance Management Directorate The Uganda servicemembers, in two groups of four, received instruction on their country&#8217;s new systems, which would be delivered in January after the training. The instructors were from Rally Point Management, out of Fort Walton Beach, Fla. &#8220;I like it,&#8221; Mudhasi said of the Raven. &#8220;It&#8217;s interesting, very interesting.&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s good,&#8221; Capt. Patrick Kubayo said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a good … support of our operations in Somalia. Very necessary. The instructors they&#8217;re professional. They know what they&#8217;re doing. They help us a lot.&#8221; Said Lance Cpl. Rowland Jimmy Odoch, &#8220;It is good. It will help us in our service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aerodyne Wins $105 Million Army Contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HUNTSVILLE, Ala. &#124; Aerodyne, Inc., a leading aeronautical engineering and technical consulting company, has been awarded a contract potentially worth more than $105 million to provide technical and engineering support for the U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office. Aerodyne is a subsidiary of MCR, LLC, of McLean, VA. Under the Project Manager, Army UAS Technical Services contract, Aerodyne will be performing a full suite of integrated program management services, including acquisition management, systems engineering, test and evaluation, and life-cycle logistics support, including fielding, training, and sustainment. The five-year contract has a base value of more than $9 million, with five additional options. If all options are exercised, the contract value will exceed $105 million. The work will be performed primarily at the Army&#8217;s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. Aerodyne is currently performing this work under an expiring contract the Army awarded the company five years ago. &#8220;We are pleased that the Army selected us in the re-competition for this important work, which enables us to continue providing leading-edge technical and engineering services for Army UAS programs,&#8221; said Jim Charlton, Director of UAS Programs for Aerodyne. &#8220;We are committed to helping the Army develop and exploit UAS capabilities in support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AeroVironment Receives $6.9 Million Order from United States Air Force for Raven Unmanned Aircraft Systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Air Force to equip Security Forces with Raven systems AeroVironment, Inc. today announced that it received a $6,874,175 firm-fixed-price order from the U.S. Air Force under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises new digital Raven(R) small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages. The systems and spares packages are scheduled for delivery within the next several months. The Air Force Security Forces plan to employ Raven systems to enhance situational awareness and security at bases worldwide. This initial order will provide systems for training of Air Force personnel to support broader deployment. &#8220;Real-time aerial video from small unmanned aircraft systems has proven invaluable to warfighters on the battlefield, and can similarly benefit Security Forces at Air Force bases,&#8221; said Tom Herring, AeroVironment senior vice president and general manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems. &#8220;For a fraction of the cost of larger unmanned aircraft systems, Raven, Puma and Wasp systems deliver situational awareness directly to the troops who need it, helping them operate more effectively and saving lives. With our customers looking for ways to do more with much less, small UAS provide tremendous value at a relatively low cost.&#8221; The Raven unmanned aircraft is a 4.2-pound, backpackable, hand-launched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man To Plead Guilty To Trying To Sell Military Spy Plane Over EBay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A foreign national is expected to plead guilty on Thursday to buying a military spy plane and then trying to resell it on eBay. Henson Chua is scheduled for a hearing Thursday, the Tampa Tribune reports, and according to court documents is expected to plead guilty to illegally importing an unmanned spy plane into the U.S., and then trying to auction it off on eBay. In March, Chua was indicted and charged by a grand jury in Tampa with violating the Arms Export Control Act and smuggling, after he imported an RQ-11B &#8220;Raven&#8221; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from the Philippines into the U.S. The Raven is listed on the U.S. munitions list as a defensive item, and U.S. law forbids people from buying and selling defense equipment without permission from the government. According to the indictments, in May 2010, the Department of Defense learned that a &#8220;Raven&#8221; had been listed on eBay for $13,000. They determined that it belonged to the U.S. government, and an agent of Homeland Security Investigations began to correspond with the seller, posing as a potential buyer. Over the course of several months, the two corresponded about selling the plane, and also discussed how best to smuggle it out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Sea Rotational Force 11 brings the Raven to Romania</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[6/6/2011  By Sgt. Matt Lyman  , Black Sea Rotational Force Recently, U.S. Marines and soldiers with Black Sea Rotational Force 11 travelled to Buzau, Romania to provide the Romanian army a familiarization course to display the capabilities of the Raven-B, unmanned aerial vehicle. This familiarization course was presented over five days and was split between classroom lectures and practical application exercises, where Romanian soldiers were given some stick time on the Raven system. The Raven is classified as a SUAV (Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), operates at a maximum service ceiling of 10,500 feet and each unit costs about $36,000; which is a small price to pay for the immense advantage the Raven system can generate on the battlefield. “It’s a reconnaissance bird, once it’s in the air we can achieve a certain altitude where people on the ground can’t see it above and we can loiter over them and see what they’re doing, see if they’re friend or foe and give a view of the battlefield before we get there,” said U.S. Army SSgt. Stephen Provence, Raven operator. “It has night and day capabilities, so we can see white hot or black hot. It’s easy to pick up signatures from above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters reporting US to send 85 Ravens to Pakistan.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) The United States will provide Pakistan with 85 small &#8220;Raven&#8221; drone aircraft, a U.S. military official told Reuters on Thursday, a key step to meeting Islamabad&#8217;s calls for access to U.S. drone technology. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, declined to disclose the cost or model of the non-lethal, short-range aircraft, which are manufactured by the U.S.-based AeroVironment Inc (Reporting by Phil Stewart) The RQ-11B Raven UAV is launched by hand, thrown into the air like a free flight model airplane. The Raven lands itself by auto-piloting to a pre-defined landing point and then performing a near-vertical (1 foot down for every 1 foot forward) “Autoland” descent. The UAV can provide day or night aerial intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance. &#160; &#160; Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d5250').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t sell RQ-11 Ravens on eBay</title>
		<link>http://www.suasnews.com/2011/03/4822/dont-sell-rq-11-ravens-on-ebay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAMPA – A federal grand jury in Tampa returned an indictment charging Henson Chua, 47, of Manilla, Philippines, with violations of the Arms Export Control Act and smuggling, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ( ICE ) Homeland Security Investigations ( HSI ). If convicted on all counts, Chua faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. Chua was arrested on a criminal complaint on the evening of Feb. 10 in Los Angeles. &#8220;ICE HSI is committed to protecting the security of our homeland and our troops abroad by ensuring that the sale and distribution of weapons and military technology is done lawfully, and that these items do not fall into the wrong hands,&#8221; said Susan McCormick, special agent in charge of ICE HSI in Tampa. &#8220;We make use of our full statutory authority to investigate and enforce criminal violations of all U.S. export laws related to military items, controlled &#8216;dual-use&#8217; commodities and sanctioned or embargoed countries. Our national security depends on it.&#8221; According to the indictment, Chua knowingly and willfully caused the temporary import into the United States of an item designated as a defense article on the U.S. Munitions List, namely an RQ-11B [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Send out Ravens, save Soldiers</title>
		<link>http://www.suasnews.com/2011/03/4628/send-out-ravens-save-soldiers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tiaan Roux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Staff Sgt. Kyle Richardson, 41st Fires Brigade, PAO FORT HOOD, Texas &#8212; It&#8217;s a bird. It&#8217;s a plane. It&#8217;s actually both, sort of. Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and the 41st Fires Brigade re-certified on the Army&#8217;s smallest unmanned aerial vehicle, the Raven RQ-11B. The master Raven trainers from the 41st Fires Brigade trained with Rail Gunner Raven operators and several of 2nd BCT Raven operators to re-certify and obtain more Raven flight time during the two-day re-certification course at House Creek Urban Assault Range located on Fort Hood, Texas, March 10-11. The 41st Fires Bde. currently maintains the only two master Raven trainers on Fort Hood. &#8220;I think the Raven is one of the greatest forewarning systems the Army has produced,&#8221; said Staff Sgt. Josh Frana, a master Raven trainer with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment. &#8220;It&#8217;s fairly easy to operate. It&#8217;s almost like a video game.&#8221; The Raven is a small hand-launched aircraft powered by a small motor that resembles a remote control plane with a fail-safe design to fall apart in several pieces during the landing. However, the Raven is equipped with a few additional upgrades and a ground [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S., Colombian Marines Conduct Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Exchange</title>
		<link>http://www.suasnews.com/2011/02/3694/u-s-colombian-marines-conduct-tactical-unmanned-aerial-vehicle-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[COVENAS, Sucre, Colombia &#124; U.S. Marines from a Security Cooperation Task Force (SCTF) held a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) with Colombian marines from Colombian counter intelligence aboard the Colombian Marine Infantry Training Base, Feb. 2. The SCTF is embarked aboard USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) in support of Amphibious Southern Partnership Station 2011 (A-SPS 11) in the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility to strengthen ties with regional partner nations. The A-SPS concept is dedicated to building relationships, interoperability, and improving each participating country&#8217;s capabilities. The exchange consisted of an overview of the Raven RQ11 system&#8217;s capability, basic information about the Raven, and a hands-on flight demonstration. The Raven is a mobile, lightweight but tough, user-friendly observation information system. It takes ten minutes to setup, weighs approximately 4.2 lbs, and has a wingspan of 51 inches. &#8220;The Raven is meant for smaller units, and is typically used for reconnaissance missions,&#8221; said U.S. Marine Cpl. Christopher J. Maharg, Raven subject matter expert. &#8220;It is a great tool because it shoots &#8216;live-view&#8217; video.&#8221; The Raven can remain in flight for approximately 80 minutes, and collects live-feed video data in both color and infrared. It can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AeroVironment Receives $46.2 Million Order for Raven Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Digital Retrofit Kits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Mortimer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced today that it received an order valued at $46,226,984 under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises 123 new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages as well as 186 digital retrofit kits for the U.S. Marine Corps. The order also includes 339 digital retrofit kits for the U.S. Army. The Raven system and retrofit order represents the remainder of the funds appropriated for RQ-11B Raven system procurement in the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, which was signed into law in December The orders were released under the existing U.S. Army joint small UAS program of record for AV&#8217;s Raven. This program has included contract additions from the Army, Marine Corps and Special Operations Command. The items and services provided under these awards on this multi-year contract are fully funded. Work is scheduled to be performed within a period of 12 months. &#8220;Raven systems have proven their value and reliability to military services across the U.S. Department of Defense,&#8221; said Tom Herring, AV senior vice president and general manager, unmanned aircraft systems. &#8220;These backpackable, hand-launched unmanned systems provide situational awareness directly to our warfighters, increasing mission effectiveness and [...]]]></description>
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