The Ecuadorian Navy is developing a low cost drone for aerial and missile defence training. Continue reading
Category Archives: Targets
US Air Force Converts Last F4 into Target Drone
The Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group is on track to finish the F-4 Phantom phase of Air Combat Command’s full-scale aerial drone programme The regenerated planes will be converted into drones to be used by several bases for target practice.
Kratos Gets $6M Contract to Supply Unmanned Systems for National Security Programmes
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Unmanned Systems Solutions (USS) division has recently been awarded contracts totaling $6.1 million to provide specialized products in support of certain National Security programmes. Continue reading
1st QF-16 Arrives at Tyndall Air Force Base
QF-16s are former F-16 fighters that will be fitted with equipment for remote-controlled flight, and used as aerial targets and decoys for testing against air-air missiles, radars, surface-air missiles, etc. Continue reading
UAV Navigation Tests ‘Sea-Skimming’ Flight Control
UAV Navigation, a developer of flight-control avionics and motion sensors for unmanned aircraft, said it demonstrated its LCAPautopilot system in a “sea-skimming” target UAS designed to mimic the threat of an incoming missile. Continue reading
F-16 Target Drone To Be Tested by US Air Force
The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group marked an important milestone in continuing to prepare the warfighter for tomorrow’s threats as the first QF-16 target drone arrived for developmental testing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida., November 19. Continue reading
BAE Systems Converted 300th F-4 Phantom into Target Drone for US Air Force
BAE Systems has successfully converted its 300th F-4 Phantom fighter jet into an unmanned flying drone for the U.S. Air Force. Continue reading
Kratos Wins $6.3M Contract to Supply Unmanned Aerial Target Systems to Korean Agency
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEI) subsidiary has received a $6.3 million single award baseline contract from the Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) for the supply of unmanned aerial targets and associated hardware. Continue reading