The Vestel Defense Industry Corporation successfully tested Karayel, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which was designed for the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) under an agreement between the Undersecretariat of Defence Industry and Vestel. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Reapers Fly Air-to-Ground Weapon System Evaluation
Hunters from the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing and the Air-to-Ground Weapons System Evaluation Program team participated in the 2014 Combat Hammer Exercise May 12-15, 2014, to operationally assess and evaluate the reliability, maintainability, suitability, and accuracy of remotely piloted aircraft munitions. Continue reading
RQ-4 Global Hawk Landing at Misawa Air Base
The first-ever RQ-4 Global Hawk to touch down in Japan arrived at Misawa Air Base May 24. Continue reading
Improved Gray Eagle Flies with Sigint Pod and Hellfire Missiles
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI),has announced the successful second endurance flight of the U.S. Army’s Improved Gray Eagle (IGE) prototype Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), an advanced derivative of the mission-proven Gray Eagle UAS that has accumulated over 100,000 flight hours since 2008. The flight of IGE lasted 36.7 hours, taking off on January 17 and landing on January 19 at the company’s El Mirage Flight Operations Facility in Palmdale, California. Continue reading
Airbus Seeks Deal to Supply Germany with Heron TP
Airbus (AIR.PA) signed a deal on Wednesday with Israel Aerospace Industries to team up on a bid for a bridging contract to supply the German armed forces with military UAS until 2020. Continue reading
Ex-Insitu Employee Convicted of Trade Secrets Theft
Trade secrets cases in the employment context usually provide valuable lessons on what not to do when leaving a job. The recent conviction of Stephen Marty Ward by a Washington federal jury imparts one such lesson: when you are terminated after working on a project for the Navy involving drones, don’t threaten to blackmail your former employer with trade secret disclosure. Continue reading
Russian Army Trains Military Personnel to Operate UAS
Russian defence experts will train the country’s soldiers to operate the latest unmanned aerial vehicles, according to the Defence Ministry. “The main objective of military exercises is to clarify the basic requirements and methods of providing training for UAV units and to reinforce skills … in flight operations,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement. Continue reading
IAI / Stark Unveils New Mini UAS
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) US subsidiary Stark Aerospace Inc. recently began deliveries of its new mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Aerolight, which it specially designed for US Special Forces with the assistance of the Department of Defense.