MQM-107D Streaker
The North Korean military is developing unmanned “suicide” attack aircraft to target South Korean troops on the northwestern islands, a South Korean Army source claimed Sunday.
Category Archives: Military UAS
Elbit Systems Launches Hyperspectral Payload for Hermes 450 and Hermes 900
Hyper-spectral Hydrocarbon Pollution Image
Elbit Systems has expanded its portfolio of payloads with the recent launch of a Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 UAS hyper-spectral payload with new intelligence capabilities. Continue reading
US Air Force to Retire Entire RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 Fleet
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, at an Air Force Association event in Washington on February 2, previewed more details of the USAF portion of the fiscal 2013 budget request that comes out February 13. Continue reading
Marine Corps’ RQ-7 Shadow Struggles with Intense Afghanistan Summer Heat
The Marine Corps’ RQ-7 Shadow can’t handle the intense summer heat in Afghanistan, forcing units to rely instead on smaller aircraft for most daytime missions, according to an internal review of air operations in the war zone. Continue reading
Insitu Scan Eagle $41M Contract Option Exercised
Insitu, Inc. is being awarded a $41,090,719 ceiling priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0061) to exercise an option for operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems. Continue reading
K-Max Operations in Afghanistan – Video
Lockheed Martin just posted this new video about the K-Max deployment to Afghanistan. Within 75 days of being shipped out it was undertaking its first resupply mission. Continue reading
Elbit’s Hermes 900 Makes First Appearance at Singapore 2012 Air Show
Elbit Systems‘ Hermes 900 multi-mission UAS will make its first real-size appearance at the upcoming Singapore Air Show, which takes place from February 14 to 19, 2012. Continue reading
Iran to Unveil New UAS
Iran's Ababil
Iran claims that it is set to unveil a new domestically-built high performance unmanned aircraft.