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SpearUAV – developer of an autonomous, AI-based technology for encapsulated UAS – is unveiling Viper, the world-first encapsulated and launchable hovering precision attack drone, empowering tactical forces with an immediate, precise and autonomous aerial loitering munition (ALM) capability against BLOS targets. Continue reading
DroneShield has received an $1.8 million contract for its DroneGun MKIII handheld counter-drone system from the United States Department of Defense (DoD). Continue reading
A cousin of the new Protector drone has been spotted onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth amid speculation that drones of a similar design could be operated from British aircraft carriers in the future. Continue reading
The U.S. Army has purchased SMASH 2000L computerized optical sight systems manufactured by the Israeli defense firm Smart Shooter. The company is highlighting the system’s counter-drone role, and both the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps have already acquired a limited number of older SMASH 2000 variants for this very purpose.
Schiebel was awarded with the iSAR Research and Development programme, which builds on the current CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) with the aim of further developing its maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) capabilities, offering a higher level of automation. Continue reading
Korean Air and Airbus Helicopters signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on October 5 to develop vertical unmanned aerial systems (VUAS) for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces. Continue reading
Dufour Aerospace AG and RUAG AG have announced that they will begin cooperation on the development of Aero2. The Aero2 is Dufour’s unmanned aerial vehicle that can take-off and land vertically like a helicopter, but flies as fast and as energy efficient as a fixed wing aircraft. Continue reading
Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP) for the first Protector RG Mk1 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system has been completed. Completion of ATP allowed for the official hand-over of the aircraft to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), the launch customer of the MQ-9B RPA system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). Continue reading