Testing
HMS Prince of Wales has launched drones from her flight deck as the Royal Navy begins exploring the use of crewless technology on the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. Fixed-wing drones - called the QinetiQ Banshee Jet 80+ - flew from the carrier’s vast flight deck to assess how they
Electronic Sub-Systems
Kadet Defence Systems is an aerospace and defence focused organization based in India. The company specializes in the design of unmanned aerial vehicles used as aerial targets. Kadet Defence Systems decided to partner with Embention, a supplier of target drone autopilots and critical systems for UAVs, in order to face
Targets
The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Estonia has recently signed a framework agreement whereby the Spanish company SCR will supply aerial targets and provide services with them. It is a seven-year contract, awarded by the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments, that includes the acquisition of aerial targets
Accidents
An Air Force target drone strayed far from home this week, washing up on the beach at Ocean Ridge Hammock Park in Boynton Beach, Fla., after a test run over the Atlantic Ocean. The orange, 20-foot-long BQM-167A aerial target plane came to rest in South Florida after
Targets
An aerial target drone was found floating in the sea near the Koraikuppam fishing hamlet in Pulicat, Chennai India, on Saturday morning. Police suspect that the drone belongs to the defence forces, and have sought information from the Indian Coast Guard. “Some of our fishermen found it floating in the
Targets
An aerial target drone was found floating in the sea near the Koraikuppam fishing hamlet in Pulicat, Chennai India, on Saturday morning. Police suspect that the drone belongs to the defence forces, and have sought information from the Indian Coast Guard. “Some of our fishermen found it floating in the
Targets
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has delivered the 100th production BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT), nearing completion of its third and final Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract. Captain Molly Boron, Program Manager, Aerial Targets Program (PMA-208) stated, “ I am proud to accept delivery
Targets
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has delivered the 100th production BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT), nearing completion of its third and final Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) contract. Captain Molly Boron, Program Manager, Aerial Targets Program (PMA-208) stated, “ I am proud to accept delivery
Business
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has acquired 5-D Systems, Inc., a CMMI Level 3 Systems and Software Engineering company with facilities in the Austin, Texas area and in Huntsville, Alabama. 5-D is well-known in the defense/aerospace industry for its more than 20
Business
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has acquired 5-D Systems, Inc., a CMMI Level 3 Systems and Software Engineering company with facilities in the Austin, Texas area and in Huntsville, Alabama. 5-D is well-known in the defense/aerospace industry for its more than 20
Business
Aerial target experts at the Northrop Grumman Space Systems segment (formerly Orbital ATK) in Chandler, Arizona, are building supersonic target drones for the U.S. Navy and Army to help hone missile-defense skills -- particularly against hypersonic weapons. Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River
Business
Aerial target experts at the Northrop Grumman Space Systems segment (formerly Orbital ATK) in Chandler, Arizona, are building supersonic target drones for the U.S. Navy and Army to help hone missile-defense skills -- particularly against hypersonic weapons. Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River