Testing
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. Two significant test firings have been conducted since late last year, the European missile manufacturer announced during the Defence &
Commercial
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. After a firefighter fell through the floor of the building, crews looked for a
Business
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. The Swedish Security and Defence Industry Association (SOFF) hosted the visit together with Saab, with a focus on business-to-business meetings between
Accidents
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.The Karabakh Defense Army said in a statement that the aircraft was downed in Karabakh's eastern
Accidents
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. This raises new questions about potential violations of U.S. arms export laws. Saying that Azeri Air Force activity has “visibly increased”
Military
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. Jointly producing an unmanned combat air vehicle or UCAV would result in “genuine” cost savings and
Data Links & Communications
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. It won't stop there: the military wants individual soldiers not only to drive tanks, watch for enemies
Testing
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). The testing demonstrated the ability to host third party-developed payload control software on existing airborne and Ground Control Station (GCS) processors and
Business
Lockheed Martin just released this video celebrating 60 years of production at its Plant at Marietta, near Atlanta, Georgia. Source: YouTube
Electronic Sub-Systems
SELEX Galileo has launched skyISTAR, an ISTAR architecture for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). skyISTAR will be open, flexible and platform/payload agnostic, making it adaptable to an unlimited number of potential user requirements. A key aspect of the system is its mission management system, which will integrate on-board sensors
Accidents
The crash occurred at 9.20 am on Tuesday morning. Due to an engine problem on takeoff, the aircraft failed to gain height, according to Jürg Nussbaum, chief of Air Force communications. As a result, when the aircraft was over safe ground the parachute was activated. However, as the aircraft
Commercial
In mid-June, as the largest wildfire in Arizona history raged, US Customs and Border Protection Officer David Gasho sent one of the Predator Bs over residential neighbourhoods in search of rogue brush fires. Working from an air-conditioned trailer, his crew aimed an airborne infrared camera through thick smoke