Karem Aircraft’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) competitive prototype bid has received a big boost, with the addition of Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to its team. Continue reading
Rostec Reveals Sapsan-Bekas Mobile Anti-Drone System
Avtomatika Concern (part of Rostec) presented the Sapsan-Bekas mobile system for detecting and disabling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at the International Military-Technical Forum ARMY-2019. The system can detect a UAV at a distance of 10 km, track its movement and disable it at a distance of over 6 km by suppressing communications and control of the UAV. Continue reading
Portuguese Army Receives First RQ-11B Ravens
Portuguese soldier training with RQ-11B Raven in Portugal.
The Portuguese Army Material General Support Unit took delivery of the first eight AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven Digital Data Link (DDL) lightweight hand-launched tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on 27 June, the army general staff’s force planning division has told Jane’s. Continue reading
Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI 1917-18 Over London
The story of the huge German Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI aircraft used against London in 1917-18. Continue reading
Saudi Cities Face Threat of Yemen Rebel Drones
Iranian Qasef 1
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Huthi rebels have stepped up drone and missile attacks on Saudi cities, highlighting what analysts call the kingdom’s military vulnerabilities amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. Continue reading
SkySkopes in Frost & Sullivan Top 5
In a first-of-its-kind assessment, Frost & Sullivan has recently evaluated the 22 top DSPs around the globe based on their growth performance and ability to innovate. Of these 22 companies, only 5 fell into the “sweet spot” range on the Frost Radar which exhibits the optimal mix of growth and innovation. Continue reading
Drones Patrol South African Residential Estates
South African company Drone Guards is moving into the new market of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to secure residential estates and has ambitious plans to employ hundreds of UAV pilots over the next ten years to monitor estates, mines, farms and other assets. Continue reading
Terra Drone Invests in Dutch Robotics Company RoNik
Terra Drone Corporation, one of largest providers of industrial drone solutions in the world, has announced the completion of its investment in RoNik Inspectioneering, a leading Dutch company that performs visual and ultrasonic inspections using wireless robotics. Continue reading