Poland’s WB Group is pushing its new W2MPIR swarming unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, which it says is designed to defeat an adversary’s layered air defences. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Pakistan Finds Faults in Chinese-made UAS
Wing Loong
The faults in Chinese-made Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has been damaging Pakistan’s military capability, said a Bangladesh based think tank. A critical part of Pakistan’s military capability has run into serious trouble with the UAS remaining on the ground due to crippling defects within days of induction. Continue reading
Boeing to Build New Factory to Produce MQ-25 Stingray
Boeing will build the US Navy’s newest carrier-based aircraft at a new high-tech facility in Illinois, bringing the benefits of digital aircraft design and production to the Navy and up to 300 advanced manufacturing jobs to the greater St. Louis region. Continue reading
GA-ASI to Upgrade Italian Air Force MQ-9As to Block 5
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) was awarded a USD 30.5 million contract to upgrade Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force, AMI) MQ-9A Predator B medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Block 5 standard, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has announced. Continue reading
Pakistani Institution to Produce Parts for TAI Anka
One of Turkey’s leading unmanned aerial vehicles producers, Turkish Aerospace Industries, has inked a contract with Pakistan’s National Engineering and Science Commission (NESCOM) to produce components for TAI’s medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) combat drone, Anka. Continue reading
Chinese Air Force May Be Getting a Hypersonic Drone
Chinese researchers say that they have made major strides toward designing a hypersonic drone. In a peer-reviewed paper in the journal Tactical Missile Technology, Beihang University’s Dai Fei and his team posited that they have made significant progress on a classified hypersonic drone model. Continue reading
RAF Waddington Gets £94m Drone Fleet Upgrade
A £94m scheme to upgrade an RAF station in Lincolnshire so it can house a new fleet of drones when they enter service in 2024 has been announced.
Thales and Scheibel Complete S-100 UAS Flight Trials
Thales UK and Schiebel have delivered the most comprehensive maritime sensor suite to be fitted to the CAMCOPTER S-100 during UK flight trials in August 2021. Operating off the North Wales coastline, the trials demonstrated how a navy warship can benefit from the intelligence gathered over an extended operating range, to prevail in a maritime or littoral operation. Continue reading