On April 15, 2012, a mass military parade was held in the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Data Overload Limits US Air Force UAS Growth
The US Air Force decided to reduce its purchases of Reapers from 48 last year to 24 in the proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget. Continue reading
Israeli Navy Wants Ship-Launched UAS
The Israeli Navy wants to equip its Dvora-class patrol boats with small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Indian Navy Deploys New UAS Squadron
After Kerala and Gujarat, India is now deploying Navy unmanned aircraft on the Tamil Nadu coast to detect terror as well as conventional threats emanating from sea in real-time. Continue reading
AAI Gets $600M Mid-Endurance UAS Award from US Special Operations Command
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, announced that it has won the competitive Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) II award from the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Continue reading
Iran Claims its Stealth UAS Photograph US Warships in Persian Gulf
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
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