General Atomics – Aeronautical Systems Inc. has been awarded a $24,924,266 option (002606) to a previously awarded contract (FA8620-15-G-4040) for MQ-9 contractor logistics support phase 2. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
India Loses Heron, Secretive Sensors to China in Crash
India has lost a valuable troop scanning unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), along with its payload of sensors and intelligence systems, to a cross-border crash in Tibet, raising concerns that the wreckage may reveal some well-kept secrets to the Chinese Army. Continue reading
Predators, Reapers Kept Watch as ISIS Lost Raqqa
MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 – Air Force photo by SrA. Damon Kasberg
U.S. forces, coalition partners and Syrian Democratic Forces liberated Raqqah, Syria from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s control in early October 2017. ISIS used the city as its capital for terrorist operations since January 2014. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $16M USAF MQ-9 Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $16,001,592 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price undefinitized contract action modification (P00017) to a previously awarded contract (FA8620-16-C-3003) for the MQ-9 hybrid release 1 integration and 2407 operational flight program software testing, logistics engineering documentation, technical data, training, specifics and drawings. Continue reading
Smart Drones Mimic Birds Neural Networks
BAE Systems engineers are mimicking the neural networks of birds to create artificially intelligent drones that could bolster our air defences.
CybAero Performs Demo Flights for Belgian Navy
CybAero has performed demonstrations flights for the Belgian Navy. Two separate flights were conducted during the demonstration to show the system’s operational performance in both daylight and darkness. Continue reading
Singapore Army’s UAVs Deployed in Afghanistan
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from Singapore’s UAV Command have been deployed in the fight against terror in Afghanistan, Second Minister for Defence Mr Ong Ye Kung said on November 24. Continue reading
China Unveils Two Armed A-Hawk VTOL UAVs
The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled two models of its A-Hawk series of strike-capable, reconnaissance vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the 12-16 November Dubai Airshow 2017. Continue reading