Defence scientists at the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) are closing in on enabling the country’s Rustom-1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the automatic take-off and landing (ATOL) capability. The ATOL configuration, to be demonstrated by this yearend, would increase the endurance and payload-carrying capacity of the UAV. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Armed UAV’s Watch Over Afghanistan
The 62d Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan provide ISR over-watch. Continue reading
X-47B Completes Successful Week at Sea
The Navy’s unmanned carrier jet programme wrapped up a week of testing aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt on Aug. 24, flying the X-47B in a pattern with manned aircraft and testing the system’s ability to operate aboard an underway flat top. Continue reading
UCLASS RFP Delayed Again Following Pentagon Meeting
The final request for proposal (RFP) for the Navy’s planned carrier-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been delayed pending a review of the service’s information, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) portfolio as part of the service’s budget process this fall, Navy officials told USNI News. Continue reading
Chinese Reconnaissance and Strike UAS Test Flight
China’s reconnaissance and strike UAS Rainbow NO.4 has conducted a test flight and completed simulation target practice, marking a major step forward for China’s unmanned technology. “The test flight was very successful today. During acceleration and deceleration, the aircraft kept taxiing on a central line on the runway. It’s well positioned to carry out the subsequent missions,” Li Pingkun, head of Rainbow No.4 Project, said.
Israel Shoots Down Syrian UAV
The Israeli air force (IAF) shot down a Syrian air force unmanned air vehicle (UAV) when it entered Israeli airspace on 31 August, according to local sources. Continue reading
Iran Unveils Indigenous UAS and Cruise Missiles
Iran has unveiled indigenous cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles as the country continues to break new ground in its defence industry. Continue reading
American & Iranian UAS Share Airspace Over Iraq
Without getting too chummy the U.S. and Iran have been trying to work out some rules for each other’s use of UAVs now operating over Iraq. Iranian UAVs have been seen flying over Iraq since late June, apparently with the approval of the Iraqi government (and quiet assent of the Americans, who already had F-16s and UAVs over Iraq). Continue reading