Iran claimed on Sunday that it had reverse-engineered the RQ-170 captured by its armed forces last year and has begun building a copy. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
US Navy Fire Scout Fleet Not Grounded – Just Suspended
Contrary to recent reports, the Navy’s unmanned helicopter fleet is not permanently grounded following two unrelated crashes in a week, a service leader said on April 17.
NATO Rotary Wing UAS Crashes in North Afghanistan
An International Security Assistance Force rotary-wing unmanned aircraft crashed in northern Afghanistan on April 6. Continue reading
US Suspends Reaper Flights from Seychelles
The United States has suspended unmanned aircraft flights over the Seychelles while it investigates a second crash in four months on the archipelago. Continue reading
US Navy Grounds Fire Scout After ‘Incidents’
After two incidents resulting in crashes, Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout operations are on an ‘operational pause’ for the indefinite future. Continue reading
RQ-170 Sentinel Crash in Iran Had Little Impact on US Surveillance of Nuclear Programme
The first CIA RQ-170 Sentinel mission over Iran took place more than three years ago when the aircraft penetrated more than 600 miles inside the country, captured images of Iran’s secret nuclear facility at Qom and then flew home. Continue reading
Second Reaper Crash on Seychelles in 4 Months
A US MQ-9 Reaper crash-landed at the Seychelles main airport and careered into the ocean on Wednesday. Continue reading
C-130 Cargo Plane Hits RQ-7 Shadow in Afghanistan – New Photos
Defense Tech just published some new photos of that C-130H that collided with an RQ-7 Shadow over Afghanistan last year. Continue reading