A photo of an advanced Russian strike drone, which will be equipped with stealth technologies of Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 PAK FA fighter, has emerged on the internet. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Partners Agree Configuration of European MALE RPAS
The multinational European medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) remotely piloted air system (RPAS) has completed an initial 10-month definition process, with a basic configuration now agreed among the partner companies and nations. Continue reading
Insitu Celebrates One Million Flight Hours
Insitu reached a milestone worth celebrating when the company’s unmanned platforms — ScanEagle, Integrator and RQ-21A Blackjack — hit a collective one million operational flight hours last week. This event represents the latest achievement in the company’s 23 years of professional aviation history. Continue reading
Russia Develops UAV Based on SR-10 Trainer
SAT SR-10 Trainer
Russia’s Modern Aviation Technologies (SAT – Sovremennye Aviatsionnye Teknologii) Design Bureau has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) concept based on its SR-10 jet trainer aircraft. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $19M ScanEagle Contract for Afghanistan
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $19,611,424 for firm-fixed-price delivery order N6833517F0079 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-16-G-0046) in support of the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Continue reading
New Russian Unmanned Helicopter on Show
Russia-based Radar MMS released further details of its BPV-500 vertical-takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at the MAKS 2017 airshow in Zhukovsky near Moscow. Continue reading
Australian Defence Force Signs A$42M Wasp Contract
XTEK has on July 25th. formally signed the previously detailed contract to supply small unmanned aerial systems (SUAS) to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Under the agreement, XTEK is the prime contractor and will deliver a range of products worth circa A$42 million to the ADF over three years, commencing 1 July 2018. Continue reading
More About Russia’s MALE UAV Orion-E
Kronstadt Technologies unveiled the first Russian medium altitude long endurance (MALE) class unmanned aerial system (UAS) prototype, during the MAKS 2017 airshow. Continue reading