Nine of the 75 Raven UAS that the Netherlands possesses have crashed since January, TV programme Pownews has discovered. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
New Middle East Contract for SELEX Falco
Selex ES has announced that it will supply its Falco UAS to an unnamed country in the Middle East. The €40 million contract also includes operational and maintenance support to the customer over a 12 month period. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Unmanned Portfolio Achieves 100,000 Flight Hours Over Last 15 Years
Northrop Grumman Corporation‘s portfolio of high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have achieved 100,000 flight hours – more than 88 percent of which were logged by the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk. The remaining hours were flown by the NASA Global Hawks, the German EURO HAWK, and the U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator and, more recently, Triton UAS. Continue reading
Watchkeeper Spend Hits $1.3 Billion
The UK Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Philip Dunne on 5 September revealed that the Ministry of Defence had spent £831 million ($1.3 billion) on the Watchkeeper programme by the end of the 2012-2013 financial year. Continue reading
Nigerian Air Force Tests Domestic-Built UAS
Two indigenously developed unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) made their maiden flight at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna last month. The UAS are designed to enhance aerial surveillance capabilities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), but serial production of the system still seems far away. Continue reading
India Deploys Herons to China Border
India’s Army has re-deployed its most potent UAS, the Israel-made Heron, from its western borders to those in the East, along the 4,057 km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC). Continue reading
Japan Global Hawks May Face Same Regulatory Problems as EuroHawk
The Japanese Ministry of Defence’s plan to purchase three Global Hawks by 2015 may be facing a problem, and it’s not a financial one. According to the country’s current Civil Aeronautics Law, it prohibits the deployment and flight of an unmanned aircraft and doesn’t consider planes like the Global Hawk as “fixed-wing planes”. Continue reading
Satellite Images Reveal Iran UAS Base Extensions
The unmanned aircraft system (UAS) base on the Iranian island of Qeshm has undergone significant development in recent years, as revealed by DigitalGlobe satellite imagery. Continue reading