News
Another US target drone was found off the coast of the Philippines on Sunday, January 4. The US embassy in Manila has confirmed it is a drone of the US Navy but said it is a target drone used during a military exercise conducted in September 2014 in waters off
Testing
India’s nationally developed, unmanned aerial target ‘Lakshya-1′ has been successfully test flown from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur. Lakshya-1, fitted with an advanced digitally controlled engine, was test flown from the launch complex-2 of the ITR successfully, defence sources said. The test was carried out to check the
Business
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it's newly acquired subsidiary, Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEI), has received an $11.9 million single award baseline contract from Swedish FMV for the supply of unmanned aerial targets and associated hardware to the Vidsel Test Range.Specialized hardware and equipment
Targets
Boeing is scheduled to deliver six QF-16 target drones to the US Air Force before the end of the year, a senior company official says. "We will be delivering six aircraft by the end of this year," says Torbjorn Sjogren, vice president of Boeing's global maintenance
Targets
The final F-4 Phantom destined for conversion to a QF-4 aerial target drone recently entered the 309th Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Group's refurbishment line at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., according to the Desert Lightning News, the base newspaper. AMARG workers last month towed the RF-4C reconnaissance airframe from the
Targets
The Boeing Company and the U.S. Air Force completed the first manned flight of the QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) on May 4 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville.The QF-16 took off at 3:05 p.m. Eastern time and climbed to an altitude of 41,000 feet
Business
CEI BQM-167A/iKratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEI) a vertically integrated manufacturer and developer of unmanned aerial target systems and composite structures used for National Security programmes. Kratos currently
News
A flying target drone that was found in the swampy waters in the Avon Park Air Force Range 10 years ago now awaits its last piece of the restoration puzzle. The OQ-19 target drone was used during the Cold War, according to former Army pilots, for gunnery practice of crews
Targets
When fighter jets age, their commercial and military value depreciates. They can either be consigned to the scrap heap, sold to nations with limited military budgets, placed in museums, or... get blown up in new and exciting ways. The Defense Department has an entire programme devoted to blowing up old
Targets
A small target drone designed by a group of Air Force Academy cadets could become the Air Force’s newest unmanned aircraft. Its mission: become a target for F-22s and F-35s to shoot down during training. The Air Force is considering the small unmanned aircraft along with another one by
Testing
The Boeing QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target programme in August became the first target programme to conduct software tests in a systems integration lab (SIL) environment. The programme demonstrated key capabilities for the U.S. Air Force during a programme review and tour. Boeing supplier partner BAE Systems conducted the
Accidents
Folks at two beaches in Wilmington, North Carolina, had quite a surprise one morning. They found what appear to be military target gliders on the beach. Jerry and Barbara Kennedy in Oak Island sent in two photos of the plane they ran across on the strand, which is larger than