Iran shot down an unidentified drone that “infiltrated” near Bandar-e Mahshahr port on the Gulf coast on Friday, Iranian media reported, after the downing of a US drone nearly triggered air strikes earlier this year. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
European MALE RPAS in Convergence Phase
Airbus and its partners aim to finalise the scope and price of the European Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) in the coming weeks, ahead of a planned first prototype flight in early 2023. Continue reading
China Negotiates Autonomous Gunships for Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
China is exporting drones that it advertises as having lethal autonomy to the Middle East, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Tuesday. It’s the first time that a senior Defense official has acknowledged that China is selling drones capable of taking life with little or no human oversight.
Airbus Reveals Classified LOUT Stealth Testbed
During the 2019 edition of its Trade Media Briefing on November 5, 2019, Airbus Defense and Space unveiled the existence of its “Low Observable UAV Testbed”, or LOUT. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $6.4M Raven Contract from Southeast Asia
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced it received a firm fixed-price contract valued at $6,408,542 from an existing Southeast Asian military customer on September 17, 2019 for additional Raven unmanned aircraft systems. Delivery is anticipated within 12 months. Continue reading
GA-ASI’s Predator Series Passes Six Million Flight Hours
Predator B ISR at Gray Butte
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced that its Predator-series of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), which includes the Predator, Predator B, Gray Eagle, Avenger and MQ-9B SkyGuardian lines, has surpassed six million flight hours. The milestone was achieved on October 31, 2019 with GA-ASI aircraft having completed 430,495 total missions with close to 90 percent of those missions flown in combat. Continue reading
Russian Occupation Forces Shoot at OSCE UAV
Russian occupation forces in Donbas on Monday, Nov 4, opened fire on an unmanned aerial vehicle of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission operating in the area of Chermalyk, the press center of the Joint Forces Operation Headquarters wrote on Facebook.
Chinese Military Equipment Lacks Quality, Say Experts
China is making significant headway in terms of international arms sales, with the country having surged into fifth place globally and now trailing only the USA, Russia, France and Germany respectively. However, there are numerous signs that the quality of Chinese military products is lacking, with even US government officials weighing in on the topic. Continue reading