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The Czech army has launched its new 533 Unmanned Systems Battalion. Currently the country’s armed forces operate a number of small drones, but according to Chief of the General Staff Aleš Opata, the army will soon buy at least one larger, heavier unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), capable of both reconnaissance and combat. Continue reading
The Cambodian Air Force is still investigating the drone which crashed on Friday in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district amid shrouding mystery. Continue reading
Leonardo has announced the maiden flight of its new Falco Xplorer drone aircraft. Falco Xplorer. S/N0001 took off from Trapani Air Force base on January 15, cruised over the Gulf of Trapani in a dedicated fly zone, for around 60 minutes and then returned to base, landing safely. Continue reading
Some of the team who were directly involved the MQ-9 Reaper ferrying mission posed with the aircraft, Jan. 9, 2020, on Holloman Air Force Base
The 49th Wing received its first MQ-9 Reaper through flight, Jan. 8, 2020. Typically when new MQ-9s are sent to Holloman, they are taken apart to ship and then reassembled when they arrive. Continue reading
An MQ-9 Reaper’s engine design led the drone to crash about 20 minutes after takeoff while deployed overseas in September 2018, a recently released Air Force accident investigation concluded. Continue reading
The production Airlander 10 is revealed as Hybrid Air Vehicles approaches the start of production, with negotiations continuing with commercial customers. Continue reading
Amos Matan announced in a letter he will be replaced by Moshe Elazer, currently the naval systems director at Israeli defense contractor Rafael, one of the Aeronautics’ owners.
China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics has inaugurated a new production facility in the eastern province of Zhejiang
The China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) – the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) development arm of defence prime China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) – has expanded its domestic production capabilities with a newly commissioned automated manufacturing facility in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, in eastern China. Continue reading