Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, was awarded a $182 million contract for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as NASAMS, a highly adaptable mid-range air defense solution. Continue reading
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Turkey’s Fly BVLOS to Sell 30 VTOL Drones to Nigeria
Fly Bvlos Technology, a subsidiary of Coşkunöz Holding operating in Gebze Technical University Dronepark will sell thirty of it’s Delta Small Unmanned Aircraft to Nigeria. Continue reading
Drones Sniff Out Landmines in Ukraine
The landmines that plague Ukraine following six months of drawn-out fighting have a new enemy as minesweeping teams get a boost from high-tech drones. Continue reading
New Omid UAV Seen in Iranian Exercise
The Omid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was unveiled in Iran’s Army Day parade in April was seen in action for the first time during a joint exercise by the Islamic Republic’s regular military branches on 24–25 August. Continue reading
TSA Begins Testing Drone Detection Technology at LAX
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun testing state-of-the-art technology designed to detect, track and identify (DTI) drones entering restricted airspace around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Continue reading
JBUAS to Distribute SENSYS UAV MagDrone Technology in UK
JBUAS (UK) and SENSYS (Germany) have announced that, with immediate effect, JBUAS is the UK specialist distributor of SENSYS’ current and future range of UAV MagDrone magnetometers, used in construction, oil and gas, renewable power and other industries. Continue reading
DJI’s New Avata FPV Drone with Propeller Guards has 18-Minute Flight Time
DJI has introduced the DJI Avata, its second FPV (first-person-view) and first cinewhoop-style drone. It can hover like a traditional drone, accelerate like a racer, zoom in and out of tight spaces, and stop “in a fraction of a second”. If it happens to land upside down, the new Turtle Mode lets it flip back up and take off again. Continue reading
X-47B UCAV Demonstrators are Headed to Museums
When it comes to aircraft that earned their place in the aviation history books, Northrop Grumman’s X-47B demonstrators — two of which were built and flown — are absolutely some of them. Now, well over a decade after first taking to the skies and displaying so much promise, Northrop Grumman tells The War Zone that they are being prepared to be delivered to two aviation museums for display.