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Army

Boeing Puts Unmanned Little Bird Demonstrator Through Paces For South Korea

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, December 14th, 2012

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Boeing [BA] yesterday said it demonstrated affordable unmanned aircraft technology with its Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) demonstrator that could be integrated onto South Korean Army MD 500 helicopters to expand the fleet's mission capabilities. The ULB demonstrator, a variant of the successful MD 500 helicopter, autonomously flew for approximately 25 minutes at the South Korean Aviation School in Nonsan. The ULB is one of a series of light helicopters developed by Boeing based on the MH-6 Little Bird and MD…

Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

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Congress

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