Military
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
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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
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The Chinese government has donated four NORINCO Type PMR-50 drone to the Benin Republic to improve its security and crime detection amid the emergence of terror activities around the country. This is part of an effort to increase safety, security, and crime detection. The donation comes as Benin faces an
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is working with the U.S. Marine Corps on a series of Service-Level Training Exercises using a company-owned MQ-9A Unmanned Aircraft System to support the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command. The SLTE 2-23 is being conducted near Twentynine Palms, California with participation from Joint
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AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. has announced that three branches of European military forces have taken delivery of the Company's newest fixed-wing drone innovation, the eBee VISION - the next generation in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance unmanned aerial systems pioneered by AgEagle. The rugged eBee VISION drone delivers live,
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At the opening of SOFINS, the Special Forces exhibition, SURVEY Copter, an Airbus subsidiary since 2011 and a pioneer in the design, production and operational support of light tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), is presenting a new light tactical UAS: CAPA-X. The design of this light tactical UAS, imagined and
Military
Turkish defense firm Baykar Technologies has unveiled its new Bayraktar TB-3 drone for launch from naval vessels. Company chief technology officer Selcuk Bayraktar shared photos of the unmanned system on social media, revealing that it is now on the production line pending first flight. The TB-3 drone is described as
Weapons Systems / Lasers
Turkish tech firm Robit Technology has developed a new multipurpose kamikaze drone called 'Azab' with a long-range flight distance. The delta-winged platform, which has a high payload capacity, passed all flight tests successfully. Firing tests of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are planned to be carried out in
Military
At an unassuming industrial estate in northern Ukraine, two former Microsoft executives and a team of engineers are producing military drones that can travel over long distances and carry large payloads. AeroDrone, which made crop-dusting drones prior to the war and now supplies Ukraine’s armed forces, makes unmanned aircraft
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One year into the Ukraine conflict, Moscow has introduced a VR-controlled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle that is expected to give it additional firepower in the skies. Russia has added a new weapon to its armoury – a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) – days after its “special military operation” in Ukraine entered the