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
Colorado Fire Fighters Use Draganflyer
A massive fire at White Hall in downtown Grand Junction, Colorado burned for more than three hours this morning. Firefighters tackled it by truck and by hand, but they also got some help from the skies. Continue reading
Indian Trade Delegation Visits SAAB
Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), visited Sweden and Saab. Nine Indian companies operating in the defence sector visited Sweden in order to meet the Swedish defence industry. Continue reading
Armenia Downs Azerbaijani UAS
Nagorno-Karabakh, a region that broke away from Azerbaijan after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, said it shot down an unmanned Azeri drone over its territory on September 12. Continue reading
Downed Azeri UAS Had US Parts
A new discovery Thursday linked an unmanned Azeri aircraft downed this week by Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army to a US Defence company that manufactures signal distribution products. 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
Information Overload
Photo: US Air Force
UAS already beam thousands of hours of video to intelligence analysts manning multiple screens and send information directly to soldiers in the field. This dramatic growth is leading to information overload.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Completes Initial Testing Of New UAS Open Payload Architecture
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that it has completed initial testing of a new UAS open payload architecture in its Poway, California, System Integration Lab (SIL). Continue reading