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
Category Archives: Military UAS
US Marines Get Tools to Build Drones on the Battlefield
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 Gets $304M US Navy Triton Contract
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
US Air Force Sends QF-16s into Mock Combat
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 Targets US Marine Corps MUX with ARES
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
Drone Swarms Could Spoof the Enemy
A web of swarming unmanned aircraft systems that can spoof enemy drones could be a solution to the shot doctrine problem when exercising counter-UAS capabilities, the vice president of science & technology at Cintel, the company developing the technology, said at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference on Tuesday.
General Atomics Gets $400M USAF Reaper Contract
General Atomics – Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $399,979,895 firm-fixed-price contract for MQ-9 Reaper production. Continue reading
Maritime Heron Replaces Israel’s Manned Sea Scan Fleet
Israel is acquiring the naval version of Heron 1 (Shoval), equipped with a maritime radar and electro-optical payload to replace its manned Sea Scan maritime patrol aircraft. Continue reading