Northrop Grumman is working through internal testing to upgrade sensors for its embattled Global Hawk reconnaissance aircraft, trying to keep a variant of it alive while the Air Force continues to target it for cuts. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
AeroVironment Gets $15.8M of Orders for Switchblade Tactical Missile Systems from US Army
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that it has received a total of $15.8 million in orders under a contract for Switchblade tactical missile systems, ancillary equipment and support. Continue reading
Japan to Purchase 3 Global Hawk Systems
The Japanese government has decided to deploy the Global Hawk, an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, in fiscal 2015 to strengthen patrol and surveillance activities around Japan, government sources said. Continue reading
Turkish UAS Market Set to Boom
When Turkey’s military planners grasped more than a decade ago the virtues of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) mostly in their asymmetric warfare against Kurdish separatists, the country was solely dependent on imported aircraft. Later, the dependency on UAS grew exponentially and the Turks decided to build their own. They are still thriving. Continue reading
AAI Gets $12M Contract for Upgrade of 6 Shadow UAS
AAI, Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, no option, non-multi-year, contract modification (P00111) of $11,798,626 with a cumulative maximum value of $1,530,786,418 for purchase of six Shadow unmanned aircraft systems and auxiliary equipment. Continue reading
Unmanned K-Max Gets Cleverer
Lockheed Martin and Kaman have demonstrated new capabilities for the K-Max unmanned cargo helicopter under the U.S. Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate’s Autonomous Technologies for Unmanned Air Systems (ATUAS) programme. Continue reading
Russian Defence Ministry’s Innovation Day Fair in Moscow
Cutting-edge military equipment and hardware – some of it too secret for the public eye – was featured at the Russian Defence Ministry’s Innovation Day fair in Moscow. Androids, UAS prototypes, and thin impenetrable armour were revealed to visitors. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS – Aviation History Video
Northrop Grumman just posted this 4 minute-plus video trumpeting its recent achievements with the X-47B UCAS – successful takeoff and land from the deck of a moving aircraft carrier. It links the take-off and touch-and-go sequences in May with July footage of arrested landings in July. Continue reading