General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful first endurance flight of Predator XP, an advanced derivative of the mission-proven MQ-1 Predator RPA that has accumulated over two million flight hours since 1994. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Long-Range UAV for Belarusian Emergencies Ministry
In 2015 the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry will get an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the operational range of up to 290km. The information was released by Yuri Yatsyna, head of the R&D centre for UAV technologies of the Physics Technology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, at the press conference held on 10 February to discuss innovative technologies for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Netherlands Spends $340M on Reaper Systems
The United States plans to sell 4 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles and other related equipment worth almost $340 million dollars to the Netherlands, US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a press release.
NATO’s MQ-9 Reaper Users Group Meets
NATO’s new MQ-9 Reaper Users Group met for the first time in Paris last week to share cooperative ISR capabilities, French air force officials announced.
No Predators for Jordan
The Obama administration has denied a request from a leading U.S. defence contractor for a license to market its unarmed Predator to Jordan, whose requests for U.S.-made weapons are viewed as more urgent due its participation in the fight against the Islamic State.
Pentagon Proposes $2.9 Billion on UAS in FY16 Budget
The Obama administration rolled out a proposed Fiscal Year 2016 defence budget of $585.3 billion on February 2. Nearly $50 billion would be spent on aircraft and related systems during the fiscal year, which begins in October. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman to Start Production on Korean Global Hawks
Northrop Grumman Corporation will begin production of four RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the Republic of Korea’s Air Force. The systems will provide valuable wide-area intelligence gathering capabilities to military commanders so they can make more informed decisions.
BAE Systems to Develop ASW UAS
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) experts at BAE Systems are developing an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) sensor payload able to look for submerged enemy submarines by detecting small variations in the Earth’s magnetic field. Continue reading