The German army plans to rent five unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems from Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) at a cost of €580 million. The systems are IAI’s most advanced UAVs the Heron TP, also adopted in recent years by the Israeli air force, which calls it Eitan.
Category Archives: Military UAS
BlueBird Reveals Enhanced Variant of SpyLite
BlueBird has unveiled a new version of its SpyLite mini unmanned air vehicle, which the company says can perform covert surveillance missions in GPS-denied and jamming conditions.
US Air Force Enlisted RPA Pilot Beta Test
Enlisted airmen will begin training to fly the RQ-4 Global Hawk this September, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Hawk Carlisle said Tuesday. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $71M US Navy RQ-21A Blackjack Contract
Insitu has announced that it has been awarded the Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot V contract for RQ-21A Blackjack. The $71 million follow-on contract award includes six LRIP systems with options for two additional LRIP systems. This contract also includes an option year for nine Full Rate Production (FRP) systems. The FRP decision review is expected this fall. Continue reading
USAF RPA Pilot Shortage Improving
There’s real progress in the US Air Force’s battle against what has been a chronic and widening shortage of remotely piloted aircraft operators, outgoing Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh reported on Wednesday.
Reaper May 2015 Accident Report Released
A nose-wheel frozen off-center caused an MQ-9A Reaper to crash after landing at a US Africa Command base in May 2015, Air Combat Command investigators found. Continue reading
South Korea Tests Heron for Sea Patrols
The South Korean military is testing Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the Yellow Sea, a high-ranking military official said last week. They will be deployed in early August.
Predator C Avenger Flies with MS-177 Long-Range Sensor
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced the successful flight tests of Predator C Avenger, equipped with a MS-177 Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor manufactured by UTC Aerospace Systems.