A Migrant Vai1 drone, with an attached 360 VR camera, sits on display at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, on Feb. 7, 2018. SEONGJOON CHO/BLOOMBERG PHOTO
Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg: In the global game of hide and seek, the drones are winning
Behind the noisy aerobatic flight displays and lines of visitors ogling fighter jets and missiles on the tarmac, the future of aviation is on display in a cavernous exhibition hall at Asia's largest airshow. And it's drones.
Amid crowds of media, military and marketing execs at the Singapore Airshow, there's a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, almost everywhere you turn. From Northrop Grumman's monster spy plane Global Hawk, which flew in from the U.S. Air Force base on Guam, to a small, battery-powered quadcopter from local start-up AeroLion Technologies that can fly through underground tunnels without GPS, there's a drone for everything.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- February 12, 2018
A way to make military drones even more useful -- C4ISRNet
Preparing for war in the north, Israel boosts air defenses -- Jerusalem Post
Israel Deploys Anti-Missile Systems on Syrian Border - Reports -- Sputnik
Iranian-armed Yemen Rebels Now Threaten One of World's Busiest Shipping Routes, Israeli Navy Says -- Haaretz
Sudan's Bashir replaces intelligence chief: state media -- AFP
Meet the first Afghan Special Forces instructor pilot trained in-country -- Military Times
Six Indian Navy submarines to be upgraded -- Business Line
Singapore Airshow 2018: Boeing eyes Super Hornet partners in India -- Jane's 360
Arctic sea routes could ease Malacca Strait security issue -- Asia Times
What China's military air crashes really signal -- Straits Times
Russian military test fires new upgraded air defense missile — media -- TASS
WATCH: Russia Tests New Anti-Missile System -- Sputnik
Russia's Defense Ministry plans to purchase 200 tanks per year -- TASS
Romania to buy 3 sub, 4 ships to bolster Black Sea ops -- Defense News
No sign of France reviewing weapons sales to Saudi-led Yemen coalition: sources -- Reuters
Sweden's New Helicopters Clobbered as 'Biggest Procurement Blunder' -- Sputnik
US Navy is seeking proposals for more destroyers -- Defense News/AP
US Navy pressing towards major reorg that could strip Pacific Fleet of authorities -- Defense News
Navy turns to Northrop Grumman for warfare systems -- UPI
Next steps for SpaceX's Falcon Heavy — Air Force qualification -- L.A. Times
Marines successfully test mine plow prototype for assault breacher -- UPI
Empty Cockpits Are a Problem for the U.S. Air Force -- Bloomberg editorial
Air Force Readies Competition to Re-Wing A-10s -- Defense Tech
Army Generals Discuss Next-Gen Combat Vehicle, Helicopter -- DoD Buzz
Digitization to Provide Cost Savings for Major Navy Programs -- National Defense
A Budget the Likes of Which the Pentagon Has Never Seen -- AP
FY19 budget puts US ‘back to a position of primacy,’ Mattis says -- Defense News
Army’s FY19 budget growing by 8 percent to fill readiness gaps, gradually grow force -- Defense News
Niger incident report coming soon, Mattis says -- Defense News
Land nav, iron sights and more discipline: Big changes are coming to Army basic training -- Army Times
CNN exclusive: After Texas massacre, military rushed to add more than 4,000 to gun ban list -- CNN
Battlefield acupuncture? Yes, it exists, and the military is using it to fight troops’ pain -- Military Times
The M14 rifle: What you didn't know about its history -- Carol Schuster, Military Times/Vietnam Magazine
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