Schiebel has successfully demonstrated the heavy fuel variant of the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System as part of its customer acceptance program with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
South Korean KUS-FS MALE UAV Continues Flight Trials
A prototype of South Korea’s indigenously developed Korean Unmanned System (KUS)-FS medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been revealed undergoing flight testing. Continue reading
Israeli Start-Up Unveils Transitioning UAS
Israeli startup APG has unveiled the Peres, an innovative family of UAVs, with breakthrough technology, operations, and logistics. The Peres UAV can fly horizontally and vertically, transitioning from vertical take-off to horizontal flight and from horizontal flight to vertical landing – thanks to APG’s patented feat of engineering. Continue reading
Egypt Spends $9M on Puma II AE Systems
Egypt is to acquire and field the AeroVironment (AV) RQ-20B Puma II AE tactical unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the US Department of Defense (DoD) disclosed on 16 March. Continue reading
Russia is Testing a Powerful New Unmanned Helicopter
Russia has started tests of a new unmanned helicopter that can perform both reconnaissance and combat functions for use by the Russian army in Syria and other hot zones, according to Rostec, one of Russia’s largest state and defense corporations (and the designer of the new model). Continue reading
AI Inserted into US Army Drones
The US Army has eliminated the need to do lengthy pre-flight checks for its unmanned aerial vehicles by applying artificial intelligence algorithms on top of existing software programs. Continue reading
Nigeria Graduates First Local UAV Pilots
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) graduated its first indigenously trained unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) pilots on 2 March. Continue reading
US Transfers New Scan Eagle to Philippine Air Force
U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim turned over a Scan Eagle Unmanned Aerial System to Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana during a transfer ceremony at Villamor Air Base, Pasay City on March 13. Continue reading