The Japanese cabinet has approved the purchase of six V-BAT unmanned aerial vehicles as part of the defense budget proposal for fiscal 2025. Continue reading
NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone
A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company. Continue reading
China’s Secret H-20 Stealth Bomber Breaks Cover
Imagery has appeared on Chinese social media of a new large combat aircraft, apparently making a test flight, which may be China’s new secret H-20 stealth bomber. Continue reading
Why UK’s Watchkeeper UAV Failed the Test of Time
The UK government’s decision to send its Watchkeeper uncrewed air vehicles (UAVs) into early retirement marks an ignominious end for a once-ambitious effort to boost the British Army’s airborne intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) capabilities. Continue reading
SEALSQ Brings Quantum Technology to UAV Markets
– SEALSQ Corp., a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, recently announced that it is bringing its quantum technology to the rapidly expanding market of professional drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and professional drones. Continue reading
Kalashnikov Announces First Flight of KUB-10E Attack Drone
The Kalashnikov Concern has released a video featuring the first flight of the KUB-10E, a new guided munition (GM) model in the KUB family. Continue reading
Wingcopter, ITOCHU and ANA Test Drone-Based Transport of Research Blood in Japan
– ITOCHU Corporation, Wingcopter‘s partner in Japan, haa tested the transport of research blood1 using Wingcopter’s delivery drone in a research project. Together with ANA Holdings and the local blood center of the Japanese Red Cross, research blood was flown between the cities of Urasoe and Nago in Okinawa Prefecture. Continue reading
Elbit Systems Gets $60M Contract to Supply C-UAS Solution to a NATO European Country
– Elbit Systems Ltd. has been awarded a contract worth approximately $60 million to supply its multi-layered Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) to a NATO European country. The contract will be performed over a period of 3 years. Continue reading