Business
The Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) Battlefield Airmen Branch (BA) is soliciting information to identify possible sources to provide next generation platform of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), to support Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) dismounted users. This Request For Information (RFI) is issued for informational purposes only focusing on
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Germany is expected to re-evaluate the Israel Aerospace Industries Heron TP following Cassidian's decision to halt development work on its Talarion programme. The German military already uses a version of IAI's Heron 1 UAS in Afghanistan and its army has previously been briefed on the
Accidents
Contrary to recent reports, the Navy’s unmanned helicopter fleet is not permanently grounded following two unrelated crashes in a week, a service leader said on April 17. Routine flights of the MQ-8B Fire Scout, of which the Navy has 14, are merely suspended while investigations into the crashes
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The company's winning bid was based on its multi-mission-capable Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS), which incorporates a heavy-fuel engine for reliable performance and mission endurance of up to 16 hours.
Military
US Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit demonstrated the capabilities of the MEU’s unmanned aerial system assets for members of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, April 12, at Inezgane Airfield. The UAS demonstration was part of the Command Post Exercise portion of Exercise African Lion 12, a bi-
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On April 15, 2012, a mass military parade was held in the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivered his first public televised speech Sunday, just
Military
The US Air Force decided to reduce its purchases of Reapers from 48 last year to 24 in the proposed Fiscal Year 2013 budget. The cutbacks have nothing to do with the effectiveness of the aircraft or sensor technology and everything to do with the underlying problem of finding the
Military
The Israeli Navy wants to equip its Dvora-class patrol boats with small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft systems. Colonel Sassi Hudeda, head of the navy's weapon systems department, says the effort to develop a small VTOL system is being made with Israeli industry and
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After Kerala and Gujarat, India is now deploying Navy unmanned aircraft on the Tamil Nadu coast to detect terror as well as conventional threats emanating from sea in real-time. The new naval UAS squadron, named INAS 344, with a mix of Israeli Searcher and Heron aircraft, will be formally
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AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, announced that it has won the competitive Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) II award from the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The three-year award, valued at just under $600 million, includes support operations using AAI's Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS). Total
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A senior Iranian military commander claims Iran’s stealth surveillance aircraft photograph US aircraft carriers and other warships cruising the waters off Iran. Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili said that the remotely-controlled aircraft operated by the Iranian Army as well
Testing
The US Marine Corps made history on December 17, 2011, by flying a cargo UAS in a war zone. Controllers on the ground flew a K-MAX unmanned helicopter from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, to Camp Payne in Helmand province, ferrying 3,500 pounds of supplies to fellow Marines. Since that