Military
The Islamic Republic of Iran Army units have unveiled a broad range of advanced gear such as homegrown missiles, tanks, armored vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, radar systems and air defense missile systems. Four divisions of the Iranian Army, namely the Ground Force, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Air
Business
Aeronautics Ltd. has announced a contract to supply dozens of its Orbiter 3 systems to the Greek Ministry of Defense. The agreement is part of the large contract between the Israeli and Greek Ministry of Defense, worth approximately 370 million euros, for the procurement of Rafael's Spike missiles.
Business
FLIR Unmanned Aerial Systems, Hvalstad, Norway, was awarded a $93,889,000 firm-fixed-price contract for Black Hornet 3 unmanned aerial systems, spare parts and ancillary services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date
VTOL
Rapid Expeditionary Concepts, a U.S. based system integrator has announced a prime contract award from the U.S. Department of Defense for the purchase of Alpha 900 unmanned helicopter systems manufactured by Alpha Unmanned Systems, SL (Madrid, Spain) for integration, test, evaluation, and deployment. Rapid Expeditionary Concepts is responsible
Military
The Commander of the Russian Air Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Andrey Demin recently claimed that over 100 Turkish-supplied Bayraktar TB2, drones were shot down over Ukraine. The fact is that these drones abruptly disappeared from the sight of observers in the fall of last year. The fact is that their
Military
In a historic milestone, Turkey on Monday April 10th commissioned its long-anticipated largest warship, bolstering its naval capabilities and making the country one of the few nations in the world with a domestically built aircraft carrier. Set to be Turkey’s flagship, the multipurpose amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu represents
Weapons Systems
A new company manufacturing kamikaze racing drones for Ukraine has emerged from stealth mode. One Way Aerospace – the name comes from the Pentagon term ‘one way attack drones’ – has founders including an undisclosed British Royal Air Force veteran James Earl, former Australian combat engineer and investor listed on Forbes 30
Military
Production delays to manufacture Boeing’s MQ-25A Stingray pushed its initial operational capability by a year, the head program executive in charge of Navy unmanned aerial systems announced recently. The MQ-25A Stingray, the first major unmanned aerial vehicle to deploy on U.S. aircraft carriers, will serve as an aerial
VTOL
Insitu, a Boeing Company, announced its Integrator Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) at Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exhibition in National Harbor, Maryland. Integrator VTOL launches vertically on ships or land without sacrificing payload capacity or endurance. The system retains the performance of fixed-wing aircraft, providing the
Military
Turkish Aerospace has been working on outfitting Aksungur with a sonobuoy monitoring and launching system for about 2 years in order to increase Aksungur’s efficiency in ASW. The project is divided into three phases. Aksungur is expected to gain sonobuoy monitoring capability in the first phase, which means it
Military
After years of reticence about the use of small, cheap suicide drones in combat, the Ukraine conflict has convinced the French military it’s a capability troops cannot do without in a future conflict. Earlier this month the French Ministry of the Armed Forces announced it had narrowed down a
Business
Aeronautics Ltd. has announced that it has recently signed a mid-life upgrade contract with the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF) for its existing Orbiter 2 Mini UAS array. Under the terms of the contract, Aeronautics will provide the FDF with a comprehensive mid-life upgrade package that includes a full suite of