The Indian Armed Forces have taken delivery of Warmate loitering munitions from Polish firm WB Electronics. The nation has purchased a number of Indian and Israeli unmanned systems in recent months. Continue reading
Category Archives: Weapons Systems
Serbia Shows Gavran Loitering Weapon System
Serbian state-owned export agency Yugoimport used the Eurosatory 2022 defence fair to showcase the country’s first loitering weapon system, the Gavran (Raven). Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Reveals Jackal ‘Sprint’ Loitering System Concept
A not-to-scale model of the Jackal concept (foreground) was unveiled at the 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) in Tampa, Florida, 16–19 May. In the background is the Switchblade 600L tactical weapon system, which is being used as a testbed bus for initial Jackal developments. (Northrop Grumman) Continue reading
Turkey’s Kamikaze UAV Kargı Debuts in Aegean Drill
The new Kargı kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the Turkish defense industry was showcased for the first time as part of the EFES-2022 military drill. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Test Fires Hatchet from TUAS
Northrop Grumman has declared the development of its Hatchet miniature precision strike munition ‘finalised’ following a series of end-to-end live all-up round (AUR) tests at an undisclosed US government test range on 11 May. Continue reading
Russia Turns Small Drones into (Inaccurate) Bombers
Russia may have just gained more than a thousand new bombers. But Ukrainian forces may have little to worry about, as the Orlan-10 drones they are converting into attack planes do not look very effective. Continue reading
First Recorded Use of Switchblade 300 in Ukraine
Officially, the Ukrainian armed forces use kamikaze drones or known as loitering munition Switchblade 300, which were delivered from the United States earlier. Photos on social media show a completely destroyed drone. It is unclear whether the drone was shot down by Russian forces or fulfilled its mission. Continue reading
Phoenix Ghost Drone was a ‘Big Safari’ Project Says Pentagon
The new Phoenix Ghost suicide drone that the U.S. is supplying to Ukraine was a project overseen by a secretive Air Force office known as Big Safari, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer revealed last Friday. Continue reading