A Chinese company has unveiled a copy of the Black Hornet Nano. The tiny surveillance drone – named Fengniao, or Hummingbird – is just 17cm long and weighs 35 grams. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Boeing Loyal Wingman Uncrewed Aircraft Completes First Flight
Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) have successfully completed the first test flight of the Loyal Wingman uncrewed aircraft. Continue reading
Elbit Systems Gets $300 M Hermes 900 Contract for Asia
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded an approximately $300 million contract by a country in Asia to provide Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems . The contract will be performed over a period of five years. Continue reading
Textron Aerosonde at FTUAS Rodeo
Textron Systems is preparing to show off its vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial system in an Army drone rodeo at Fort Benning, Georgia, for companies competing to replace the service’s RQ-7B Shadow. Continue reading
ZALA Kamikaze Drone to Complete Tests this Year
State tests of the KYB combat unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by ZALA Aero (part of the Kalashnikov group of companies of the Rostec state corporation) will be completed in 2021. This was reported to TASS during the international arms exhibition IDEX – 2021. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works’ Secretive ‘Speed Racer’ Program
Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works advanced projects bureau has officially revealed the design of its Speed Racer air vehicle. Continue reading
UAE Army to Buy Chinese Golden Eagle CR500 VTOL UAVs
Back in November 2020, China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (NORINCO) announced that its Golden Eagle CR500 vertical take-off and landing UAV had completed final inspections and been cleared for delivery to an undisclosed costumer. Continue reading
GA-ASI Releases Image of Next-Gen Combat Drone
General Atomics released a new rendering of its brand new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike UAV’s design on its Twitter account on Friday. Continue reading