A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation on Sunday, February 12. Continue reading
Category Archives: Accident Reporting
ISAF Confirms 2011 Global Hawk Crash in Afghanistan
Afghans Inspect Damaged House After Crash
A military headquarters in Afghanistan has confirmed that a Northrop Grumman EQ-4B Global Hawk crashed in the south-east city of Jalalabad on 21 August 2011 in a still unexplained mishap. Continue reading
UAS Crashes in Refugee Camp in Mogadishu, Somalia
Witnesses say that an unmanned surveillance aircraft crashed into a refugee camp in the Somali capital of Mogadishu last week. Continue reading
Eitan Crashes on Training Flight in Israel
An Eitan-type (Heron TP) unmanned aircraft crashed near Moshav Yesodot in Israel on Sunday. No injuries were reported. Continue reading
MQ-9 Emergency Landing at Holloman Air Force Base
Officials with the 49th Wing announced a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper performed an emergency landing on January 23rd. at approximately 9:45 p.m. just south of the base near Alamogordo. Continue reading
Experts Rubbish Iran’s RQ-170 GPS Hi-jacking Claim
Doubts that Iran managed to bring down an advanced American UAS last month using an advanced GPS spoofing attack have been raised by experts, who say that attacks of this type would be extremely tough to pull off. Continue reading
Anatomy of May 5 Predator Crash in Kandahar
The unmanned aircraft had been in the air for close to five hours before its mission crew realized that something was wrong. Continue reading
US Says Downed RQ-170 Data Heavily Encrypted
A US official says Iran will find it hard to exploit any data and technology aboard the captured CIA stealth drone because of measures taken to limit the intelligence value of drones operating over hostile territory. Continue reading