Aerovironment Incorporated, Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $10,082,845 firm-fixed-price contract for the Puma 3 AE Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
Taiwan Drone Completes 10-Hour Test Flight
The indigenously designed Teng Yun 2 drone crossed development milestones over the weekend, flying more than 10 hours straight and circling Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Continue reading
AERTEC Completes European Defence Agency UAS TARSIS Test Campaign
The ATLAS Experimental Flight Center in Jaén, Spain has hosted the final phase of SAFETERM (Safe Autonomous Flight Termination System), a project sponsored by the European Defence Agency (EDA) and developed by technology companies GMV and AERTEC. Continue reading
Baykar to Commit Entire Bayraktar Production to Ukraine
Turkey’s Baykar will devote all its capacities to meet the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on 28 June. Continue reading
AT&T Transmits 5G Network Via Drone
In a quiet, nondescript field in rural Missouri, usually the only things fluttering through the tall grass are butterflies and birds. But on a recent April day, a Flying COW joined the horizon, ushering in an industry first for AT&T by transmitting its 5G network from a drone. Continue reading
Indian Army Receives Polish ‘Warmate’ Loitering Munitions
The Indian Armed Forces have taken delivery of Warmate loitering munitions from Polish firm WB Electronics. The nation has purchased a number of Indian and Israeli unmanned systems in recent months. Continue reading
Tu-143 Missile-Like Drone Downed in Russian Territory Near Ukraine
A Ukrainian Tu-143 jet-powered drone, dating from the late Cold War era, has been shot down in western Russia, according to the claim of one local official. Continue reading
The Shortest Lived Mega Bomber You Never Heard Of – The Convair YB-60
For all its success after World War 2, the Convair B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber was still a piston-engined machine, and it would not take long for it to be displaced by jet power. However, as the 1950s began, the company conceived an idea to extend the career of its beloved bomber: they would create a jet-propulsion version that could enter the atomic era. Continue reading