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The Australian federal government has announced it will be investing AU$101 million into small unmanned aerial systems for use by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The funding for the drone fleet comes under tranche one of a two-tranche program, with Minister for Defence Marise Payne commenting that Defence chose Wasp AE to meet an immediate need. Continue reading
Military officials announced Tengyun (騰雲機), a heavy drone designed for surveillance purposes, developed by Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology’s (CIST) was still in the pilot project phase, and was uncertain of the date of for the project’s completion. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that its new MQ-9B SkyGuardianTM Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system, a “Certifiable” (STANAG 4671) version of its Predator B product line, has set a company record with the longest endurance flight of any Predator-series aircraft. Continue reading
Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 was presented to the Norwegian Coastguard, Royal Norwegian Navy, Royal Norwegian Airforce, Norwegian Coastal Administration, Police Directorate as well as other Norwegian authorities during demanding trials at Andøya Test Center (ATC). Continue reading
On the battlefield, U.S. Marines have long had a reputation for resourcefulness, a talent for adapting quickly and decisively to the unexpected. So try to imagine a future where Marines, using a laptop and a 3-D printer, are able to build and deploy a drone customized to support that day’s mission. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., has won a modification contract from the U.S. Navy to procure three low-rate initial production Lot 2 MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated a mixed formation of manned and unmanned F-16s in a simulated combat environment. Continue reading
Piaseki Aircraft is tweaking its affordable reconfigurable embedded system (ARES) concept to create a candidate for the US Marine Corps’ future expeditionary unmanned aircraft. Continue reading