Saturday was a big day at the Grand Forks Air Force Base. It became the primary base for all the Global Hawk missions in the United States. The base welcomed Secretary Heather Wilson and Senator John Hoeven for a new mission. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
First Customer for Cylinder Drone
Massachusetts-based Ascent AeroSystems has announced the specifications, pricing, availability and launch customer for “Spirit”, its new dual-rotor coaxial drone and named Huntsville, Alabama-based Dynetics as the launch customer. Continue reading
First MQ-25A Stingray Flight Planned Late 2019
Later this year, Boeing’s prototype for the Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial tanker will make its first flight from an Illinois airport. When the Stingray will start operating from U.S. carriers is less clear. Continue reading
NAVAIR’s Crowdsourcing Approach on UAV for Marine Corps MUX Programme
Bell V-247 Vigilant Tiltrotor
US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is taking a novel crowdsourcing approach to deciding what unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and components to acquire for the US Marine Corps MUX programme. Continue reading
Textron Flight Tests Block 3 RQ-7 Shadow
Textron is flight testing a new Block 3 version of its AAI-developed RQ-7 Shadow UAS, which the U.S. Army has been using for 20 years and, according to Textron, plans to use for at least 10 more. Continue reading
AeroVironment and Kratos Integrate Tactical UAS and Tactical Missile Systems
Switchblade Tactical Missile System
AeroVironment, Inc. , and Kratos Defense & Security Systems, Inc. Unmanned Systems Division, have announced a new strategic relationship to develop and demonstrate highly integrated and operationally effective multi-domain unmanned system solutions for near-peer, denied environments. Continue reading
Sky-Futures Acquired by ICR Integrity
ICR Integrity (ICR), has acquired Sky-Futures Partners Limited (Sky-Futures), a provider in delivering drone-based inspections and drone pilot training for the energy, industrial and government sectors. Continue reading
Massive Baykar Armed Drone to Begin Test Flights Soon
Baykar Makina‘s Chief Technology Officer Selçuk Bayraktar announced that the company’s attack UAV Akıncı, the 5.5-ton UAV, is scheduled to make its first flight in three to four months, while development activities are still in progress. Continue reading