The X-47B successfully conducted the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refuelling (AAR) of an unmanned aircraft April 22, completing the final test objective under the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration programme. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Korea Unveils TR-60 UAV – World’s Fastest Tiltrotor
This unmanned tiltrotor drone is able to take off and land vertically like a helicopter, while flying like an airplane.
Able to stay in the air for up to six hours, the TR-60 can reach speeds of up to 500 kilometers an hour, making it the fastest of its kind in the world. Continue reading
US Marines Testing Piggyback Hunter Drones
The US Marine Future Warfighting Laboratory recently tested a new robot team that works together to look for objects, provide situational awareness, and hunt for “bad actors” on the battlefield. Continue reading
Russia to Export Ptero-Class UAS
Russia is set to supply its Ptero-G0 unmanned aircraft systems not only to the Russian law enforcement agencies, but to its foreign partners, AFM-Servers, the developer and producer of the systems. Continue reading
Triton Conducts First Flight with Search Radar
The US Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAS equipped with a new search radar completed its inaugural flight April 18 over Patuxent River air space. Continue reading
Israel Seeks Larger Brigade-Level UAV
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has revived a plan to acquire a larger brigade-level unmanned air vehicle than its battalion-level Elbit Systems Skylark I-LE, according to sources. Continue reading
X-47B Demonstrates Autonomous Aerial Refuelling
A new milestone in the history of unmanned aircraft was made last week, as ‘Salty Dog 502′ the first drone designed to operate from US Navy carriers linked to a drogue of an Omega tanker off the coast of Maryland.
US Navy Wants Humvee-Mounted Anti-UAS Lasers
The US Office of Naval Research is developing the Ground-Based Air Defense On-the-Move concept, or GBAD, which envisions a 30kW solid-state laser mounted to the roof of a Humvee, capable of felling UAS both small and large. Continue reading