Qinetiq has joined forces with Northrop Grumman to offer what it has described as a low-cost, short-term solution for an emerging Royal Navy requirement to field a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft system (VTUAS). Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
US Navy Issues Medium Range Maritime Unmanned Aerial System (MRMUAS) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
The US Naval Air Systems Command seeks proposals for research support in developing innovative solutions for the Maritime and Littoral Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission requirements. Continue reading
Predator Down in North-West Pakistan
MQ-1 Predator
A Predator came down on Sunday in Zangarha village in South Waziristan, near the Taliban and al-Qaeda hideouts in the rocky region bordering Afghanistan. Continue reading
UK MoD Plans 5 More Reapers
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The UK Ministry of Defence has outlined its planned schedule to field a follow-on batch of five General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft, and revealed details of the operational demands being placed on the Royal Air Force’s current fleet. Continue reading
MUSIC – First Pictures
The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, AH-64D Apache Longbow and MQ-1C Gray Eagle land at Michael Army Airfield, Utah, Sept. 16, 2011, after the Manned Unmanned. Continue reading
MBDA Speeds Up Fire Shadow Tests
MBDA has advanced development and test activities for its Fire Shadow loitering munition design, and is on track to deliver its first operational examples to the British Army in 2012. Continue reading
UK and France to Co-operate on UCAV Programme
Britain and France have extended cooperation on UAS technology to an unmanned replacement for fighter aircraft, Peter Luff, the U.K. defence-procurement minister, said on Wednesday at a military trade fair in London. Continue reading
Cassidian Boss Calls for Action on Talarion
Germany could be within weeks of making a decision that will have a major influence on the viability of Cassidian’s Talarion UAS programme, while the EADS company is maintaining its call for France and the UK to also become involved. Continue reading