Despite the loss of business from the U.S. Air Force, American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Grumman continues to find customers for its RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS. In large part that’s because the RQ-4 has been much improved over the last three years. The RQ-4 has become more reliable, efficient, and flexible. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
AeroVironment Gets $20M US Army Order for RQ-11B Raven UAS Gimbaled Sensor Payloads
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it has received an order from the U.S. Army for the company’s Mantis i23 gimbaled sensor payloads to continue upgrading the Army’s fleet of RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Iran Unveils Shahed 129 UCAV on TV
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on Iranian television that mass-production of the indigenously developed Shahed 129 has been launched. Continue reading
Iran to Deploy New UAS in Upcoming Wargames
Iranian Army Ground Force will make use of its newest Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) during forthcoming military drills, a senior commander announced. Continue reading
Iran Unveils New UAS
The Iranian Ground Force unveiled the country’s latest home-made UAS named ‘Yasir’ on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at a ceremony attended by Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan. Continue reading
US Moves UAS Base from Camp Lemonnier due to Safety Concerns in Djibouti
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The U.S. military has been forced to relocate a large fleet of UAS from a key counterterrorism base on the Horn of Africa after a string of crashes fanned local fears that the unmanned aircraft were at risk of colliding with passenger planes, according to documents and interviews. Continue reading
Iran Claims Data from Downed CIA RQ-170 Decoding Completed
Iranian officials say they have completed decoding the surveillance data and software extracted from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) UAS that the United States lost possession of nearly two years ago near the city of Kashmar. Continue reading
Turkey Wants to Build Its Own HALE
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organisation has instructed the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) to work out a draft for a new unmanned aircraft similar to a Global Hawk, Zaman newspaper reported. Continue reading