A Russian-made Orlan-10-type unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was shot down by Ukrainian troops in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone on Thursday, December 28, according to the TV news service TSN. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Aurora Flight Sciences Gets $48M USAF Orion Contract
The US Air Force has awarded a new $48 million contract to Aurora Flight Sciences for the continued development of the Orion Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
China’s Wing Loong Scores Five Hits in Succession
The record of “five hits in succession” performed by China’s home-developed Wing Loong II UAS, a high-end reconnaissance-strike unmanned aerial system (UAS), showed that the system equipped drone is combat-capable and will be widely used in future military actions, said an expert. Continue reading
UK Apache Helicopters to Get Real-Time UAS Link
Fire Control Radar Mast Mounted Assembly working illustration (Image: Lockheed Martin)
Longbow was awarded a $103 million contract for Fire Control Radar Mast Mounted Assembly (MMA) Refurbishment program for the United Kingdom in support of the International Apache Attack Helicopter Project Office at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. Continue reading
Russian Designers Plan Heavy Turbojet UAV
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The cutting-edge UAV will be able to fly at least twice as fast as its propeller-driven analogues, a source in the defense-industrial complex has told RIA Novosti.
General Atomics Gets $329M USAF Services Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $328,801,883 cost‐plus‐fixed‐fee contract for MQ‐1 Predator and MQ‐9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft support and services. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $95M US Army Gray Eagle Block Zero Logistics Services Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical, Poway, California, was awarded a $94,575,690 modification (P00018) to contract W58RGZ-17-C-0035 for contractor logistics services for the unmanned aircraft system Gray Eagle Block Zero. Continue reading
Sneak Peek at Boeing’s MQ-25 Contender
Boeing for the first time is showing what it believes is the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) best suited for refuelling U.S. Navy jets operating from aircraft carriers. Continue reading