Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has agreed with India’s Ministry of Defense on the sale of 50 Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for 500 million U.S. dollars. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
GA-ASI Continues Ontime Development of MQ-9B
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) continues the ontime development of its latest RPA, the MQ-9B. GA-ASI designed MQ-9B as the next generation of multi-mission Predator B fleet and named its baseline MQ-9B aircraft SkyGuardian, and the maritime surveillance variant SeaGuardian. Continue reading
US Navy to Test Electronic Warfare Drones this Fall
The Dash X is a foldable Class II UAV – manufactured by VX Aerospace – that can loiter on targets for over 10 hours and carry electronic warfare payloads. (VX Aerospace)
Complex electronic warfare (EW) platforms – such as the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler – could soon release swarms of drones from the aircraft, allowing the smaller vehicles to fly ahead to scout out for radar and other battlefield emitters, and potentially even take part in electronic attack missions themselves by jamming enemy sensor networks.
UK Removes One Reaper from Service
The UK has reduced its number of operational General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with one of the 10 aircraft currently in the US for decommissioning. Continue reading
Russia’s Zala KYB Kamikaze Drone
Russia’s Kalashnikov drone is about to be rolled-out across the military after “successfully completing” trials. Continue reading
NATO and Canada bid for Mothballed German EuroHawk
The German Defence Ministry is evaluating a bid from Canada to buy a high-altitude surveillance drone prototype that has been parked at a German air base for years after the cancellation of the Euro Hawk programme in 2013. Continue reading
Cyient – BlueBird JV Launches WanderB VTOL
Cyient Solutions & Systems Pvt. Ltd. (CSS), a joint venture between Cyient Ltd. and BlueBird Aero Systems, Israel, has launched its latest offering, the WanderB Vertical Take-Off & Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial System. Continue reading
Dassault Systèmes Partners with General Aeronautics in India
Dassault Systèmes announced at Aero India 2019, that Bengaluru based integrated aircraft design and engineering services company, General Aeronautics has deployed the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on cloud to develop next-generation design Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Continue reading