USA will develop new generation of UAVs

Four US companies will compete for a nearly $100 million order to develop a new generation of UAVs, the Defence Department said.

A group photo of aerial demonstrators at the 2005 Naval Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Air Demo held at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River. Pictured are (front to back, left to right) RQ-11A Raven, Evolution, Dragon Eye, NASA FLIC, Arcturus T-15, Skylark, Tern, RQ-2B Pioneer and Neptune (Picture source: US Navy)