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Algeria has set its eyes on the Adcom Systems Yabhon United 40 Block 5 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) at the ongoing Dubai Air Show 2013. Algiers wants to boost its medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capacity. The Yabhon United 40 Block 5 is considered to be likely included in its fleet very soon. Continue reading
Iran’s new UAS enjoys unique strategic capabilities, including 30-hour-long flight durability, and has been developed for combat and surveillance missions, Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan announced on Monday. Continue reading
Aerial targets are a niche area within the large defence sector. To provide high-quality training for fighter pilots and anti-aircraft gunners and to test the effectiveness of radar and missile systems, the armed forces need aerial targets that can simulate incoming aircraft, missiles or unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Camero – a maker of radar-based Through Wall systems – launches Xaver AID, Airborne Imaging Drone, an airborne structure-penetrating life detection system, at Milipol, taking place in Paris, November 19-22. Continue reading
The Ka band or “satellite super-highway” – a fast, uncongested and rarely used satellite network – has been opened up by a team of BAE engineers to support UK unmanned aircraft missions in the future. Continue reading
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) investment fund has beefed up its stake in Italy-based Piaggio Aero, just as the aeronautics firm gets ready for the debut flight of its P.1HH Hammerhead UAS, scheduled to take place within days at Sicily’s Trapani Air Base. Continue reading
Following development and testing of core elements, “Sagitta”, Cassidian’s future Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ (UAS) research programme is entering a two year integration and testing phase, culminating in a first test flight in 2015. Continue reading