An unmanned Israeli surveillance aircraft crashed in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after experiencing a technical malfunction, the military said. The military said it was investigating what caused the Skylark UAS to go down. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Korea to Go Ahead with Purchase of 4 Global Hawks
The Korean military has decided to buy four Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as part of building its kill chain system, an arms procurement officer said last Friday. Continue reading
MQ-1B Predator Crashes Outside Holloman Air Force Base
An MQ-1B Predator Remotely Piloted Aircraft crashed approximately 6 miles northwest of Holloman Air Force Base airfield in New Mexico at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday. Continue reading
MDA Gets $11.3 M Raven Contract from Canada’s Department of National Defence
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at $11.3 million with Canada’s Department of National Defence to “provide an Unmanned Aerial Surveillance solution”. Continue reading
Prox Dynamics Gets $2.5M US Army Black Hornet Contract
US Army researchers are asking a Norwegian company to develop a pocket-sized helicopter drone to provide a personal reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for infantrymen and Special Forces warfighters. Continue reading
US Air Force Predator/Reaper Programme Accumulates 2M Flight Hours
The U.S. Air Force’s MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft accumulated 2 million flight hours Oct. 22, not only marking a significant milestone, but also demonstrating the evolution of the programme. Continue reading
Iran’s New Suicide UAS held Together with Tape
Iran TV has recently showed video of a modified Mohajer suicide UAS. Closer inspection reveals that it appears to be held together with plastic packing tape, particularly in the nose area. Continue reading
Iran Presents ScanEagle Clone to Russian Military
In an attempt to prove its ability to reverse-engineer captured American UAS, Iran has presented a functional copycat model of the US ScanEagle to a Russian military delegation visiting Tehran. Continue reading