A prototype of a hand-launched spy drone weighing roughly 21 ounces has been built at an engineering center in Samara, Russian, a defense industry source told RIA Novosti. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Battle Lab Tests Unmanned Aircraft
The Maneuver Battle Lab hosted the Technical Cooperation Program for a week of testing unmanned aircraft systems at the McKenna Urban Operations Complex Oct. 17-21.
US Air Force Envisions “Ender’s Game” Scenario for Swarming UAVs
The US Air Force wants to go beyond the traditional ground control station controlling a single aircraft and manage swarms of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) with the wave of a hand. Continue reading
Ultra-Light Russian Reconnaissance UAV
The Engineering Center of Russia’s Samara region has designed a prototype of an ultra-light reconnaissance UAV that weighs only 600 grams. It will be possible to launch the drone by tossing it in the air. Continue reading New sUAS from BrockTek
BrockTek, an engineering and manufacturing company specializing in unmanned systems, subsystems and components, recently introduced a new UAS to market – the STORM – a small tactical UAS that comes as a complete solution to serve a variety of missions. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $310M US Army Gray Eagle Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Poway, California was awarded a $310,000,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for logistics support of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system sustainment operations. Continue reading
US Navy’s First Operational Triton Squadron Stands Up
The Navy will stand up its first unmanned-only aviation squadron this week, as the MQ-4C Triton community establishes its first operational squadron in a ceremony Friday, the Navy’s director of air warfare told USNI News. Continue reading
US Army Wants to Blend Arrow UAS and Persistent Surveillance Systems Capabilities
The US Army intends to award North Eastern Aeronautical Company (NEANY) Inc. a USD 49.2 Million sole-source contract to modernise and merge the capabilities of the company’s Arrow unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with the service’s lighter-than-air (LTA) Persistent Surveillance System (PSS). Continue reading