Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

East Asia remains main focus of UAV spy activity as US defence watchdog releases suspected espionage report

"The United States Defence Security Service (DSS) believes UAV programmes developed by US companies are continuing to be major focal point for “suspicious collection” activities by foreign governments, particularly in regards to unmanned tactical systems and air vehicle avionics.

The service is also warning that at least one East Asian country has been particularly aggressive in its efforts to obtain access to US UAV technologies and programmes over the period 2003-2005. Those collection efforts were all conducted by a single company which supports UAV systems already acquired commercially in a non-classified deal by that nation from an undisclosed US firm."

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Posted by Darren at January 16, 2007 12:15 PM | More from UAV News |