An unarmed U.S. Africa Command remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) was lost over Tripoli, Libya, November 21st. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
US Air Force May Retire 21 of 35 RQ-4 Global Hawks
A U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk drone lands at Misawa Air Base for a temporary intra-theater routine deployment in Japan on June 1, 2018
Just months after Iran shot down an expensive U.S. surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz, the Defense Department is weighing scrapping about two-thirds of the Air Force’s roughly three dozen Global Hawk unmanned aircraft as part of a shift toward building the new capabilities needed to counter China and Russia. Continue reading
NATO’s First Global Hawk Arrives in Italy
NATO’s first Alliance Ground Surveillance aircraft arrived in Sigonella, Italy, Nov. 21, 2019, after completing a 22-hour test flight from Palmdale Air Base, California
NATO’s first unmanned aircraft has arrived at an alliance base in southern Italy, where reconnaissance missions are expected to begin next year. Continue reading
US Navy Awards MUX Prize Challenges
The US Navy awarded four prize challenges for the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Expeditionary (MUX) November 21 to multiple vendors for their mission payload design concepts. Continue reading
Screaming Eagle Earns UAS Soldier of the Year
U.S. Army retired Maj. Gen. and Quad A president Jeff Schlosser, left, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Vilt, Don Cattral, and Maj. Gen. Thomas Todd present Vilt with Unmanned Aircraft Systems Soldier of the Year award
Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Vilt from Delta Company, 326 Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne”, 101st Airborne Division earned top honours as the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Soldier of the Year. Continue reading
Italian Reaper Crashes in Libya
The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana: AMI) lost an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Libya on 20 November, the country’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed. Continue reading
SCHIEBEL CAMCOPTER S-100 Fully Integrated to French Navy Ship Dixmude
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) announced that Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 is now fully integrated with French Navy Mistral class amphibious helicopter carrier Dixmude. For the first time in Europe, a rotary wing Unmanned Air System (UAS) is fully operational and connected to the defence system of an amphibious helicopter carrier. Continue reading
Silent Arrow Gets USSOCOM Development Contract
Yates Electrospace Corporation has announced the signing of a development contract (USSOCOM-SOF AT&L-ST-14-01-JS79) with the U.S. Special Operations Command entitled “Silent Arrow Airdrop Development”. Continue reading