Israel’s Aeronautics Defense Systems has secured substantial orders for its armed Orbiter 1K unmanned air system, according to deputy chief executive Dany Eshchar. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Turkey Gets More Drones to Fight ISIS, Kurds
Kale-Baykar, a privately owned Turkish venture specialized in drones, has delivered a batch of six armed drones to the Turkish military. Continue reading
Satellite Spots New Russian Reconnaissance Drone
The image of the drone was spotted earlier this week on the Terraserver website specializing in aerial and satellite imagery. The picture was taken at the Gromov Flight Research Institute’s taxi lane in the Moscow region. The organization is an important Russian aircraft test base and scientific research center in the city of Zhukovsky.
Triton to Deploy to Guam in 2018
The first deployment of Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton maritime patrol unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will be to the Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) in Guam in 2018, a year later than previously announced by the US Navy (USN). It will occur as part of an early operational capability deployment. Continue reading
UK Invests £8M in R&D for Rotary Wing Unmanned Air Systems Demonstrator Programme
In a major speech at the University of Oxford, the Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, announced the launch of a two year £8 million second phase of innovative research and development, exploring the future of unmanned air systems. Continue reading
Taiwan Displays Armed MALE UAV at IDEX
Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) used the IDEX 2017 show in Abu Dhabi to display a model of an armed version of a medium-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UAV) that it unveiled in 2015. Continue reading
US Air Force to Transition from MQ-1 Predator to MQ-9 Reaper
For the past 21 years, the Air Force has flown the MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft in combat, and for the last 10, the MQ-9 Reaper. Combined with a skilled aircrew, these aircraft provide consistent support in daily engagements making an impact downrange. Continue reading
First Flight Tests of the MS-177 Multi-Spectral Sensor on RQ-4 Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun flight testing of the MS-177 sensor payload with a successful inaugural flight on an RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance autonomous aircraft system.