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Bayraktar Akinci
Turkey is reversing the loyal wingman concept to protect its newly launched Akinci drones – regarded as one of the most advanced unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs). Their inclusion is expected to lead the Turkish air force to a brand new stage in its air-to-air and air-to-land warfare doctrines. Continue reading
Brig. Gen. Brian Bruckbauer hosts an office call in honor of his fellow cochair of the US-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative Air Vice Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari in the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., July 16, 2021.
Air Vice Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, Indian Air Force, Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Plans, and Brig. Gen. Brian R. Bruckbauer, Director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation (AFSAC) Directorate for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, signed a landmark agreement recently to co-develop air-launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Continue reading
Iraq is interested in purchasing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), attack helicopters and advanced weapons from Turkey, the Middle Eastern country’s defense minister has said. Continue reading
Russian defense contractor Kronstadt announced that it has signed contracts for the sale of drones to unspecified foreign countries. The first deliveries are expected by 2022. Continue reading
In cooperation with UK and Netherlands airspace authorities, the Royal Air Force, and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. flew a company-owned, MQ-9B SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) on September 2nd. from RAF Waddington across the North Sea to Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands, completing a two-day series of flights between the two airspaces. Continue reading
Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has announced the formation of a strategic alliance with MDSI ApS of Copenhagen, Denmark to collaborate on unmanned aircraft system (UAS) opportunities with the Danish Defence and potentially other customers across the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) and the European Union (EU). Continue reading
Airmen from the 319th Civil Engineering Squadron perform a water salute for the EQ-4 Global Hawk in honor of its final landing at Grand Forks Air Force Base on July 29. 2021
Lea Greene, chief of public affairs at Grand Forks Air Force Base, and Bruce Gjovig said the line of retired unmanned aircraft, called “Block 20” Global Hawks, will be used to conduct hypersonic testing over the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading
France has conducted its first airstrike from a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Ministére des Armées announced on 24 August. Continue reading