Military
Amid continuing clashes with ethnic rebels, Myanmar's military is confirmed as having deployed unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) for counter-insurgency operations in the north of the Southeast Asian country. First inducted into the inventory of the Myanmar Air Force (Tatmadaw Lay) in 2013 or 2014, one or
Military
Army Apaches are using a new technology in Afghanistan which enables the attack helicopter crews to view real-time video feeds from nearby drones, control the drones’ flight path and therefore more effectively destroy enemy targets, service officials told Scout Warrior. Manned-Unmanned Teaming, or MUM-T, gives AH-64E
Military
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced that its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) has surpassed one million total flight hours, becoming the only unmanned aircraft system of its size to accomplish this significant milestone. More than 85 percent of these one million flight hours occurred during combat operations. Since
Military
DARPA’s Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program seeks to help the U.S. military’s unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) conduct dynamic, long-distance engagements of highly mobile ground and maritime targets in denied or contested electromagnetic airspace, all while reducing required communication bandwidth and cognitive burden on human
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) and GKN Aerospace’s Fokker business unit, a Dutch aircraft systems and components manufacturer, have announced that they will collaborate to produce and support landing gear systems for Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper RPA systems. Fokker is GA-ASI’s Dutch in-country
Accidents
A prototype of Piaggio Aero's P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned air vehicle crashed into the sea near Sicily during a test flight on 31 May. The P180 Avanti II twin-pusher-derived prototype – registration CPX621 – was operating from Vincenzo Florio airport in Trapani, Sicily. It is believed to have
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI),has announced the longest endurance flight of the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Big Wing aircraft, a next-generation derivative of the combat-proven Predator B RPA. “This long-endurance flight demonstrates Predator B Big Wing’s game-changing potential for providing life-
Business
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded a $71,555,347 firm-fixed-price contract for six low-rate initial production Lot V RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft systems. This contract provides for the procurement of the air vehicles, ground control stations, launch and recovery equipment, shipboard equipment kits, and
Military
Aeronautics LTD announced that it will soon launch a new Unmanned Aerial System platform – Orbiter 4. The development of the Orbiter 4 has recently reached its final steps, and the new platform is expected to be fully introduced and launched toward the end of 2016. The Orbiter 4 is based
Military
Russia's Zala Aero Group unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer, which is a part of Russia's largest small arms maker Kalashnikov Concern, will display a range of its products at the upcoming KADEX-2016 military hardware exhibition. KADEX-2016 is a biannual event and has been held
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), announced that it will have a significant presence at the upcoming ILA show in Berlin, Germany, June 1-4, including a full-scale, company-owned Predator B RPA. “The ILA Berlin Air Show marks the first time GA-ASI has publicly displayed our
Business
The Portuguese Ministry of National Defence (MND) has authorised the country's army to launch a procurement programme for tactical mini-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This long-expected wish by the army will allow it to provide intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability to its battalion-sized