Aerial targets are a niche area within the large defence sector. To provide high-quality training for fighter pilots and anti-aircraft gunners and to test the effectiveness of radar and missile systems, the armed forces need aerial targets that can simulate incoming aircraft, missiles or unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
Camero Launches Unmanned VTOL Structure-Penetrating Life Detection System
Camero – a maker of radar-based Through Wall systems – launches Xaver AID, Airborne Imaging Drone, an airborne structure-penetrating life detection system, at Milipol, taking place in Paris, November 19-22. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates K-Max Autonomous Cargo Pick Up
BAE Systems Engineers Help to Open Up Ka Band to Support UAS Missions
The Ka band or “satellite super-highway” – a fast, uncongested and rarely used satellite network – has been opened up by a team of BAE engineers to support UK unmanned aircraft missions in the future. Continue reading
UAE Increases Stake in Piaggio Aero
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) investment fund has beefed up its stake in Italy-based Piaggio Aero, just as the aeronautics firm gets ready for the debut flight of its P.1HH Hammerhead UAS, scheduled to take place within days at Sicily’s Trapani Air Base. Continue reading
Cassidian to Fly Sagitta Unmanned Flying Wing by 2015
Following development and testing of core elements, “Sagitta”, Cassidian’s future Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ (UAS) research programme is entering a two year integration and testing phase, culminating in a first test flight in 2015. Continue reading
Target Drone Crashes into US Navy Guided Missile Cruiser on Training Exercise
Two sailors were hurt when an aerial target malfunctioned and crashed into a guided missile cruiser off the coast of Southern California. The sailors were treated for minor burns in the Saturday afternoon incident, said Lt. Lenaya Rotklein of the U.S. Third Fleet. Continue reading
Saab Skeldar in Operation with Spanish Navy Hunting Somalian Pirates
Saab’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Skeldar is now operationally deployed on-board the offshore patrol vessel BAM Meteoro. Skeldar is supporting the Spanish Navy with surveillance capabilities while taking part in the EU Atalanta operation in the Gulf of Aden. Continue reading