Prior to that mission, Roscosmos will make two unmanned Soyuz launches, "either an automated one or a freighter or both, " he said.

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The Urban Challenge is part of the agency's mission, set out by Congress, to make one-third of all military operational vehicles unmanned by 2015.

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As Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group aerospace consultancy observes in his August newsletter, the only stories concerning military aircraft that seem to make it into the news columns of most newspapers these days are reports about unmanned aircraft.

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