In this video, Syrian rebels show off three small, unmanned surveillance aircraft that they say they downed. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Cassidian Plans More Barracuda Test Flights
Cassidian is in discussions with the German Ministry of Defence concerning additional flight demonstrations under a programme to develop technology for future unmanned, surveillance and strike aircraft. Continue reading
Insitu’s ScanEagle UAS Receives Limited Military Aircraft Type-Classification to Fly in Dutch Airspace
Insitu Inc. announced today that its Netherlands customer is now authorized to fly the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a limited military aircraft type-classification certificate from the Military Aviation Authority (MAA) of the Netherlands. Continue reading
South Korea Budgets $440M to Develop Combat UAS
South Korea has allocated a budget of budget of $440M (500 billion Won) to develop unmanned combat aircraft. Continue reading
AAI Shadow(R) Tactical UAS Achieve 750,000 Flight Hours
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced yesterday that its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) achieved a landmark 750,000 total flight hours during a U.S. Army mission supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Germany’s Defence Minister Has No Problem with Armed UAS
“A drone is nothing more than a plane without a pilot,” Germany’s Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere told the daily “Die Welt” in an article on Saturday. Continue reading
Elbit Sells Hermes 900 and Hermes 450 UAS to Latin America for Tens of Millions of Dollars
Elbit Systems Ltd. and TASE: ESLT, announced over the weekend that it was awarded a contract valued at many tens of millions of dollars, to supply a Latin American customer with a mixed fleet of Hermes 900 and Hermes 450 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract will be performed over the next two years. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman X-47B – New Photos
Not many people have seen the X-47B up close: its Northrop Grumman manufacturers and its remote Navy test pilots, mostly. Until Tuesday, when the Navy Programme Executive Office in charge of developing what will be known as the UCLASS — for Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System — let reporters see the X-47B in the metallic flesh. Continue reading