The pilot who stole a secret Soviet fighter jet

When pilot Viktor Belenko defected 40 years ago, he did so in a mysterious Soviet plane – the MiG-25. BBC Future investigates the far-reaching effects of one of the Cold War's most intriguing events. On 6 September 1976, an aircraft appears out of the clouds near the Japanese city of Hakodate, on...

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Check Out The Pentagon’s Likely New Autonomous Drone

A flying scout, for the unknown indoors There is little detail in the $1 million contract award posted yesterday. The award, from the Army, but through the Pentagon's brand-new tech-focused "Defense Innovation Unit Experimental" DIUx, is for a nine-month "prototype project in the area of Autonomo...

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Chinese firms join forces on UAV tech - IHS Jane's 360

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