The Swedish Armed Forces is planning to acquire a new mini UAV system. The intention is to complement, and thereafter replace, the SkyLark system which has been operational in the Swedish Armed Forces since 2007. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Thales and DCNS Extend UAS Deck Landing Trials
Thales and DCNS are planning supplementary technology demonstrations of a system for automatic ship deck landing of unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
TiGER (Tactical Grenade Extended Range) from MBDA
MBDA Incorporated, a US missile company, has developed a soldier-carried and hand-launched Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) precision-guided weapon called TiGER. Continue reading
India Speeds Up Mini UAS Selection Process
India’s defence ministry is accelerating the selection process to acquire two types of micro and mini unmanned air systems for use by its army’s northern command along the nation’s border with Pakistan. Continue reading
German Defence Cuts Include Heron and Eurohawk
Bowing under economical burden the German Government plans deep cuts in defence spending, dramatically reducing planned procurement of main weapon systems and platforms. Continue reading
US Opens Reaper Base in Ethiopia
The US Air Force has been secretly flying Reaper aircraft on counter-terrorism missions from a remote civilian airport in southern Ethiopia as part of a rapidly expanding US-led proxy war against an al-Qaeda affiliate in East Africa, US.military officials said. Continue reading
AAI Delivers Aerosonde and Orbiter to US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center
Orbiter
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced yesterday that it has delivered an Aerosonde Mark 4.7 Small Unmanned Aircraft System and an Orbiter Miniature Unmanned Aircraft System to the US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC).
Finland UAS Evaluation – Then There Were Two…
Orbiter
The two Israeli companies still contesting the Finnish armed forces’ competition to select an unmanned aircraft system face two more rounds of evaluation.