One part bazooka round; one part suicidal drone; one part stun round. What the U.S. Army hopes will emerge from that mix is a warhead that can loiter in midair while it hunts a human target — but won’t kill him when it finds him.
Category Archives: Military UAS
First Russian Strike UAS Test Flight in 2014
Russia will test fly its first domestically-produced strike unmanned aircraft in 2014, according to First Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Sukhorukov.
MQ-1 Predator Gets Custom-Built AVGAS Trucks
Holloman Air Force Base is home to the first two new aviation gasoline trucks in Air Combat Command’s inventory that were specifically designed to support the MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft. Continue reading
MQ-9 Reaper Operations – Video
This 15-minute video shows an MQ-9 Reaper taking off and landing at Wheeler Sack Army Airfield (WSAAF) at Fort Drum, New York on 05 April 2012. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $5.5M Puma Contract from US Marines
AeroVironment has announced that the U.S. Marine Corps is the first military service to adopt four different small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the company with the receipt of a firm fixed-price order valued at $5,558,479 for the RQ-20A Puma AE through an existing U.S. Army contract. Delivery is scheduled within two weeks. Continue reading
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta Dismisses Iran’s RQ-170 Claims
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has dismissed Tehran’s claims that it has recovered data from the RQ-170 that went down in Iran late last year. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $262M US Navy Contract for Firescout MQ-8C Version
Northrop Grumman has received a new $262.3 million contract to develop and build a new MQ-8C version of the Firescout unmanned rotorcraft, the US Navy announced on 23 April. Continue reading
AeroVironment Delivers 1,000th PUMA – Gets $20M US Army Contract
AeroVironment announced it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $20,430,433 from the U.S. Army for RQ-20A Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) on March 27, 2012. Continue reading