The hackers went after General Atomics, targeting a drone sensor specialist.
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Huntington Ingalls and General Atomics referred questions on Trump's comments to the Navy.
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General Atomics, the California-based manufacturer of Predator drones, had a clear problem.
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But the jewel in the crown for General Atomics is the U.S. market.
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General Atomics took its fight to Germany's anti-trust regulator and then to court.
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I'm in a band with my three sisters called the Atomics, which is awesome.
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General Atomics was now excited to announce the upcoming flight as quickly as possible.
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Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.) — whose district contains a General Atomics factory — led the letter.
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Now, working closely with General Atomics, the Air Force has begun improving the Reaper's control station.
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California-based General Atomics, the maker of the Guardian drone sought by India, declined to comment.
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Huntington Ingalls and General Atomics referred further questions on EMALS and Trump's comments to the Navy.
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Modi is specifically interested in high-tech drones from General Atomics to better patrol the Indian Ocean.
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Raytheon was one of Fancy Bear's targets, along with competitors including Boeing, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin.
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So it makes sense that the brand asked the alternative pop band, The Atomics, to front the campaign.
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Other regional employers include General Atomics, which manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles or drones in addition to other technology.
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The U.S. government late last year cleared General Atomics' proposal to market the unarmed Predator XP in India.
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The drone was an MQ-9 Reaper, a $15 million unmanned aerial combat vehicle developed by General Atomics.
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The non-model in question is Starlie Smith, one-quarter of the West Coast-cool band The Atomics.
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Privately held General Atomics makes the drone in question as a maritime variant of its Reaper unmanned vehicle.
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Instead, General Atomics could apply for an overflight exemption — permission for a single flight on a given day.
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General Atomics produced a bigger, more robust version of its Avenger drone, itself an evolution of the iconic Predator.
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Contacted by the AP, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, Airbus and General Atomics did not respond to requests for comment.
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A long-delayed $2 billion sale to India of General Atomics' Guardian surveillance drones finally secured U.S. approval in June.
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Lucky, meanwhile, is the drummer in a band called The Atomics with his three sisters, Starlie, Daisy and Pyper Smith.
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General Atomics, the California-based company that got the contract for the EMALS system, didn't respond to requests for comment.
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The Navy's drone tanker competition was pursued by Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon's top weapons supplier, as well as General Atomics.
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France's air force uses Reaper drones, built by U.S. firm General Atomics, in its counter-terrorism operations against Islamist militants.
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In June, the U.S. approved the sale of $2 billion worth of drones made by California-based General Atomics to India.
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General Atomics' 5,000-pound mega-drone can fly more than 1,000 miles (1,20153 kilometers) to deliver Hellfire missiles and smart bombs.
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Boeing, General Atomics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Corp are working on concepts to try to solve this future Navy need.
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Santa Susana in Ventura County experienced a partial nuclear meltdown while serving as a rocket engine testing facility for Rocketdyne/Atomics International.
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Dr. Caveny's team is considering use of the Avenger, a drone made by General Atomics that has a wingspan of 76 feet.
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U.K. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon recently visited California and announced a development deal worth $2622 million for drones from privately held General Atomics.
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" In a March interview with Harper's Bazaar, Smith – who also performs with band The Atomics – said, simply, of impending fatherhood, "I'm very excited.
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To raise the chain's hipness quotient, a video and marketing campaign includes the rock-surf band the Atomics (Lucky Blue Smith and siblings).
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The UAE was able to acquire the unarmed version of General Atomics' Predator XP drone, according to Jane's Defense Weekly, while Jordan has not.
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In January 2019, General Atomics announced that defense contractor BAE Systems was developing a plan for regular RAF Protector operations in U.K. civilian airspace.
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That's likely to create an opportunity for a variety of additional aircraft, including several unmanned systems made by Northrop, privately held General Atomics, and others.
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But the court this month said it had put the deal on hold again as it considers a complaint by General Atomics against its decision.
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The encounter comes days after the Trump administration authorized the sale of unarmed surveillance drones to India, according to the manufacturer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.
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The overall loosening of drone export rules would also help producers such as Boeing, Northrop Grumman, General Atomics and Lockheed Martin, two industry sources said.
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Joseph Song, vice president for international strategic development at General Atomics Aeronautical, which makes the MQ-9 Reaper, said he saw potential for growth in Asia.
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Ahead, shop a selection of pieces from the collection, the campaign for which is fronted by sibling music act (and first-time Coachella performers!), The Atomics.
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Engineers working on the clockPhoto: General Atomics Electromagnetic SystemsNASA's atomic-clock-in-space officially began its year-long mission on Friday, according to a NASA release.
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Mercury earned about $5.35 million in lobbying revenue during 2016, with clients such as carmaker Hyundai, General Atomics, Airbnb, Lumber Liquidators, Navient Solutions and United Technologies.
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The higher court in Duesseldorf in May dismissed a legal challenge by U.S. weapons maker General Atomics to Germany's plans to lease the drones from rival IAI.
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The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, powered by a General Electric turbofan engine, has been in wide use against targets in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Libya.
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"The general impression of General Atomics… is that they will try to 'push the limits' and over promise in many areas," wrote a safety official in March.
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For example, Draper previously announced a partnership with Japanese startup ispace, General Atomics, and Spaceflight Industries — all of whom will work together to create lander capabilities for NASA.
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The two sides have stepped up efforts in recent weeks to get inter-agency clearance for the sale of the Guardian drone, made by California-based General Atomics.
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General Atomics had in June asked the German cartel office to review a decision rejecting its protest of the contract decision, but the agency rejected that bid on Aug.
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Many of San Diego's ex-military personnel have found a home in the tech sector, which also dominates the region with companies like Qualcomm, Sapphire Energy and General Atomics.
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General Atomics is working on a high-energy laser system for its UAVs that could be used for a range of uses, including missile defense as well as offensive capabilities.
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Dronemaker General Atomics is pleased the Indian government has won approval for the surveillance version of the drone, said Vivek Lall, its chief executive for U.S. and international strategic development.
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Linden Blue, CEO of privately held General Atomics, the U.S. leader in military drones, visited the White House recently to lobby for his industry, a person familiar with the discussions said.
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FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc said on Tuesday it had been selected by the Dutch Ministry of Defence to provide unmanned aircraft to the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
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Lower fuel prices and surging travel demand have driven airlines to recruit more pilots from the Air Force, while defense contracting firms like General Atomics offer high salaries to drone pilots.
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The aircraft has a payload capacity of about 1,747 kilograms with a maximum altitude of 45,000 feet, or 13700 meters, and can stay aloft for up to 26 hours, General Atomics said.
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A new pair of skis, $280 and upRossignol, K2, Salomon, Atomics, and Volkl, REI has them all, and there's no better time to buy last year's still-perfectly-good models than now.
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MQ-280 Reaper drones, made by General Atomics, will be moved to Air Base 201 once its runway and hangars are completed by early next year, as will several hundred American troops.
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The NNSA has agreed to fund three projects with $25 million each to produce moly-99 not based on highly-enriched uranium, including ones by SHINE Medical Technologies, General Atomics, and NorthStar.
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The deal for the MQ-9 Reaper drones, made by California-based General Atomics, was first approved by the U.S. State Department back in 2015, when it had a value of $339 million.
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In December 2016, Britain's defence secretary Michael Fallon announced the UK would be doubling its Reaper drone fleet from ten to 20 aircraft by 2021 with a $127 million deal with General Atomics.
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The US Navy recently asked four American drone-makers— Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and General Atomics—to pitch designs for what would be the world's first combat-ready, carrier-launched unmanned warplane.
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General Atomics has also recently been getting into the field of satellite manufacturing, and Campbell says the company has all the right tools and facilities needed to actually create and test the lander.
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FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17 (Reuters) - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc said on Tuesday it had been selected by the Dutch Ministry of Defence to provide unmanned aircraft to the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
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Plan for the final leg of the SkyGuardian's transatlantic flight, travelling between Ireland and England, then flying over Wales to land at Fairford airbase (Credit: General Atomics/CAA) Plan for the final leg of the SkyGuardian's transatlantic flight, travelling between Ireland and England, then flying over Wales to land at Fairford airbase (Credit: General Atomics/CAA) It is unclear who first suggested a high-profile transatlantic Reaper flight to mark the RAF's centenary and showcase the new drone at the Air Tattoo.
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"It seems that there are a lot of requirements and evolving ones," said Kenneth Loving, the regional director of General Atomics Indo Pacific, as he stood next to a model of an Avenger drone.
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The U.S.-based company that makes the drones, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc, said on Friday that the U.S. government had approved the sale of a naval variant of the Predator drone to India.
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India's air force has also requested for 90 armed Avenger Predator drones, also produced by General Atomics, that many believe could be used for cross-border strikes on Pakistani militants in the Kashmir conflict.
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On July 227, 2000, the General Atomics SkyGuardian, a variant of the U.S. Reaper drone that killed Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani in January, flew from Grand Forks, N.D., to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.
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It already fields at least 93 Reapers and 150 of the older MQ-1 Predators, both built by General Atomics, as well as 33 much larger Global Hawk surveillance UAVs, manufactured by Northrop Grumman.
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ITER's main U.S. supplier is California-based General Atomics, which is building its central solenoid, an 18-metre tall pillar-like magnet that will be one of the first components to be installed by 2020.
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California-based General Atomics builds both the stations and the drones, including the larger Reaper model, which beginning this year fully replaced the Predator in the Air Force inventory and likewise uses the same controls.
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As General Atomics was lobbying for a change in export rules governing its unmanned aerial vehicles, it helped fund a report at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that also pushed for the change.
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The 22019-metric ton aircraft was remotely piloted throughout its 6703-hour journey using satellite communications to relay video, instrument data and air traffic control instructions to pilots at General Atomics' airbase in North Dakota.
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"We are pleased that the U.S. Government has cleared the way for the sale of the MQ-9B Guardian to the Indian Government," General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Chief Executive Linden Blue said in a statement.
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One of the officials said that it appeared that the armed military drone, made by California-based General Atomics, had been shot down by a surface-to-air missile operated by the Iran-aligned Houthi group.
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ITER's main U.S. supplier is California-based General Atomics, which is building the project's central solenoid, an 18-metre tall pillar-like magnet that will be one of the first components to be installed by 2020.
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Vivek Lal, the chief executive of global strategic development at General Atomics who has been driving the negotiations for the drones, is expected to be among a group of CEOs meeting Modi at a roundtable on Sunday.
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"This move by General Atomics is very unfortunate and frustrating, especially since our legal position was upheld by the (cartel office) with very clear words," a senior ministry acquisition official told lawmakers in a letter seen by Reuters.
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He advanced to senior research associate, focusing on refining/petrochemical plant process operations, magnetic confinement fusion at General Atomics, alternate energy processes, biotechnology with The Salk Institute, and starting as a physicist at the Naval Weapons Center-China Lake.
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Hunter, whose San Diego district includes General Atomics, pressed the Obama administration to allow Middle East allies to buy the Reaper and Predator drones in a 2015 Wall Street Journal op-ed, calling Jordan a key partner fighting ISIS.
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DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - A German court on Wednesday dismissed a legal challenge from U.S. weapons maker General Atomics to Germany's plans to lease armed drones from Israel Aerospace Industries, clearing the way for the drone program to go ahead.
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BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday announced plans for the army to lease Heron TP drones from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) rather than buy Predator B drones from U.S. defence contractor General Atomics.
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As defence ties deepen with the United States, which sees India as a counterweight to China in the region, New Delhi has asked Washington for the Predator series of unmanned planes built by privately-held General Atomics, military officials said.
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The United States also has offered to sell a naval variant of the Predator drone made by U.S. defense contractor General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the White House said in a statement, a deal that would be worth more than $2 billion.
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Early last year Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen announced the army would lease Heron TP drones for about 580 million euros ($652 million) instead of buying Predator B drones from General Atomics or Switzerland's RUAG, prompting protests by both firms.
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Although General Atomics' ultimate aim is for the SkyGuardian (and the RAF's Protector) to use advanced sensors to autonomously detect and avoid hazards, the entire transatlantic flight would take place in segregated airspace, at least several miles from other aircraft.
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The smaller drones that meet the new export guidelines are expected to be much cheaper than high-end models such as the Predator and Reaper, both made by General Atomics, which cost up to $17 million apiece according to reports.
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The purchase of the drones from San Diego-based defense contractor General Atomics would provide $1 billion for the US economy and "preserve thousands of US manufacturing jobs," the lawmakers wrote in the letter to Trump, which was led by California Republican Rep.
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Yemen's Houthi insurgency claimed responsibility, announcing that it downed a US MQ-9 Reaper hunter-killer drone, a $15 million unmanned aerial combat vehicle developed by General Atomics, in Dhamar, an area to the southeast of the Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa.
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"I do not really see how such limitations would… allow the aircraft to commence the first part of its flight out of the United States, let alone over Canada and then into the oceanic system," wrote a CAA safety official to General Atomics.
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That way, ispace can be involved since NASA stipulated that the prime contractor must be based in the US. In order to actually build these vehicles, the companies are turning to General Atomics, a defense contractor that specializes in making nuclear reactors and drone technology.
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The AAG, a General Atomics turbo-electric aircraft-recovery system built as a more advanced alternative to the MK 7 hydraulic arresting gear used on the Navy&aposs Nimitz-class carriers, is part of a suite of new technology incorporated into the Ford-class carriers.
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The BBC writes that, having completed its historic voyage, the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems drone in question will be on display at a show at the airbase which commences at the end of the week:The 0003,2000-mile journey was piloted by an operator located in America.
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Additionally, the main joystick for steering the drone using the Block 50 platform more closely matches the models found in manned fighter jets, though as a backup for extremely long missions, General Atomics added a Playstation-style controller that's easier to hold for hours on end.
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Chinese cut-rate versions of American armed drones like the MQ-9 Reaper have begun showing up in smaller African, Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries, signaling the country's ambitions to take market share from incumbents such as General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries.
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In the late 1950s, consulting for General Atomics in San Diego, he helped design the Triga reactor, which is used for scientific research and nuclear medicine, and worked on Project Orion, which aimed to explore the solar system with an enormous spaceship powered by exploding nuclear bombs.
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The Atomics, all attired in looks from the H&M Loves Coachella collection, are first spotted jamming out in the garage before they haul their instruments up a mountain for a bit of outdoor crooning (with a very striking backdrop), followed by some romping around back at the house and in the pool.
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"If you look at the Wing Loong, it looks just like our airplane, I don't know why they did it that way but they have cheap labor, they can just copy things," said Joseph Song, vice president for international strategic development at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, maker of the MQ-9 Reaper.
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Manufactured by American defense contractor General Atomics, the unmanned devices— called Guardians — are "the world's most advanced maritime reconnaissance drones and can help India track the movement of Chinese warships with its multi-mode maritime radar," said Harsh Pant, head of the strategic studies program at the Observer Research Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tank.
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Wang Song, an associate professor with the school of aeronautic science and engineering at Beihang University, said the first flight of a mass-produced CH-2000 Rainbow on Friday last week meant China was ready to offer international buyers a heavy military drone with performance equaling that of the General Atomics MQ-220 Reaper, but at around half the cost.
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Of 87 scientists, engineers, managers and others, 31 agreed to be interviewed by the AP.The Russians have been particularly interested in US drone technology over the last few years, targeting contractors who work on projects like the new-generation US Reaper made by General Atomics and the US Air Force's uncrewed X-37B, an experimental spaceplane that spends years in orbit on secretive missions.
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