A senior Iranian military commander claims Iran’s stealth surveillance aircraft photograph US aircraft carriers and other warships cruising the waters off Iran. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
US Army Slow to Deploy Cargo UAS
The US Marine Corps made history on December 17, 2011, by flying a cargo UAS in a war zone. Controllers on the ground flew a K-MAX unmanned helicopter from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, to Camp Payne in Helmand province, ferrying 3,500 pounds of supplies to fellow Marines. Continue reading
Georgia Unveils Domestic UAS
The Georgian Ministry of Defence has produced a video [below] of President Mikheil Saakashvili unveiling Georgia’s first domestically produced unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Israel Developing Miniature Radar Linking Troops to UAS
The IDF Ground Forces Command is developing a miniature radar system that would link ground troops directly to UAS operations. Continue reading
US Navy Grounds Fire Scout After ‘Incidents’
After two incidents resulting in crashes, Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout operations are on an ‘operational pause’ for the indefinite future. Continue reading
RQ-170 Sentinel Crash in Iran Had Little Impact on US Surveillance of Nuclear Programme
The first CIA RQ-170 Sentinel mission over Iran took place more than three years ago when the aircraft penetrated more than 600 miles inside the country, captured images of Iran’s secret nuclear facility at Qom and then flew home. Continue reading
Turkey Talks 10 Anka UAS for Air Force
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is in discussions with the nation’s defence procurement body over a proposed launch order for its Anka unmanned aircraft, first flown in late 2010. Continue reading
US Marines Pick Classified Weapon for Shadow
The U.S. Marine Corps has chosen a classified weapon to arm the AAI RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) for a field evaluation in Afghanistan. Continue reading