The US Air Force says it needs to scale back buying its UAS while it gets enough human beings in place to operate them and interpret the surveillance data they collect. Congress decided that the Air Forces might need more cash, just in case. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Electronic Magnetic Interference Test for US Navy’s UCLASS Aircraft 10 Times That of Manned Aircraft
Most aircraft slated to go onto aircraft carriers have to go through an electronic magnetic interference test that bathes the design in about 200 volts per meter.
UK Prepares Against UAS Attack at Olympics
A surface-to-air missile on top of a tower block in Waltham Forest, East London
A senior UK Army officer has warned that unmanned aircraft carrying deadly poison could be used in a devastating terrorist attack during the Olympic Games.
US Army Issues RFI for Market Research on EO/IR Payload for Shadow UAS
The US Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG)-Belvoir Division (ACC-APG-Belvoir) is conducting market research on behalf of the United States Army, Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), Air Systems Division (ASD) in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. Continue reading
Switzerland Shortlists Hermes 900 and Heron 1
The Swiss defence acquisition authority Armaswiss has shortlisted two Israeli Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the next generation Swiss unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. Continue reading
Bin Laden Was Afraid of UAS
The dire impact of CIA drone missile strikes against suspected terrorists in Pakistan certainly did not go unnoticed by Osama bin Laden, prompting the al Qaeda leader to repeatedly warn associates to take appropriate security measures, according to documents seized during the raid on the al Qaeda leader’s Pakistan compound last year. Continue reading
Australia’s New Shadow 200 Replaces ScanEagle in Afghanistan
The Textron Systems (AAI) RQ-7B Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) has officially commenced operations with Australian forces in Afghanistan, providing an enhanced capability to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Continue reading
Israeli Technology Transfer Accelerates Russian Strike UAS
Technology transferred from Israel is helping Russia to design its first strike unmanned air system, with the design expected to be flown for the first time in 2014 carrying sensors and armament. Continue reading