During the reconnaissance mission, the RQ-4B Global Hawk transmitted squawking codes including 7400, which indicated that ...

The RC-800 and RF-16 Saemae, along with Global Hawks and future MUAVs, enhance South Korea's reconnaissance capabilities.

These dangerous missions demonstrated the limitations of manned overflights, now mostly replaced by satellites and drones. On ...

A US Air Force feasibility stud has found that the sensors and cameras from the U-2 spy plane can be adapted to work on the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone. According to IHS Jane's, Congress ordered the ...

Way back in the 1960s, Lockheed Martin designed the D-21 supersonic surveillance drone at their Skunk Works facility. Created in response to the downing of Gary Powers and his U-2 spy plane ...

Boeing is currently working on a new unmanned high-altitude spy plane fueled by hydrogen. Unlike some other recent fuel cell-powered research planes this one uses internal combustion engines.

The D-21 was perhaps the first drone referred to as such that was a pure observation aircraft, meant to spy on the enemy. The 1960s didn’t just give drones the ability to haul a camera over the ...

Two non-military aircraft from China -- a propeller-powered plane and a small drone -- were forayed into airspace near the Senkaku islands in 2012 and 2017, according to NHK. The Danjo Islands ...

One was hobbyists who flew radio-controlled planes and choppers ... destroy as well as spy on targets thousands of miles away. Aerospace firms churned out a host of smaller drones with ...

The paper’s infographics show that 37 foreign spy planes and 13 drones conducted air reconnaissance along Russia’s state borders in the past week. The flights by foreign spy aircraft were ...

Iran is helping Yemen's Houthi rebels target U.S. Reaper drones, which has let the Houthis damage or down several of the ...

The paper’s infographics show that 40 foreign spy planes and 10 drones conducted air reconnaissance along Russia’s state borders in the past week. All the flights by foreign spy aircraft were ...