US Navy Deploys RQ-10B Small UAVs on DDG Destroyers
AeroVironment, Inc. (AVAV) today announced the United States Navy has tested and deployed the RQ-20B Puma small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) aboard a Flight I Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG Class).Some of these exercises included the use of AeroVironment’s fully autonomous system to ...
General Atomics Gets Predator Upgrade And Training Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has received an $8.8 million U.S. Air Force contract for Predator drone work.The deal covers Block 30 ground control station kit upgrades and Predator mission aircrew training system Delta kits.Work will be performed in California and is ...
Iraq To Receive ScanEagle UAS’s
Iraq is to acquire the Insitu ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under a USD8.3 million deal announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 10 August.Under the deal, which was awarded the day before, the country's military will receive an undisclosed number of systems, as well as ...
Heron-1 UAV Crashed During Test Flight
An investigation is underway to try and find the reason that caused a Heron – 1 made by Israel aerospace industries (IAI) to crash on Tuesday morning near Um el Fahem.Ten people were taken to a hospital after suffering from the smoke that was caused by the fire ignited by the crash.
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Sense And Avoid Capability For Swiss Hermes 900
Switzerland is planning to operate its future Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicle fleet in its domestic airspace, and work is under way by manufacturer Elbit Systems to certify a sense-and-avoid system aboard the type.Bern contracted Elbit to provide six of the medium-altitude, long-endurance ...
Blue Bear RISER Inspection Platform Completes Trails
Blue Bear engineers, in partnership with CREATEC, inspected the HMS Illustrious (R06), an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. The RISER system demonstrated how automated unmanned systems can safely fly inside ships for inspection. The trials were also conducted in partnership with Lloyd’s ...
Czech UAV To Be Manufactured Under Licence In China
Preparations are underway for one of the world’s largest civilian unmanned planes, developed by Czech Republic based manufacturer Primoco UAV, to be manufactured in China in cooperation with the China VAST concern. A new aircraft production zone is also going to be created with room for a ...
First Drone Takes Flight From Grand Forks Air Force Base
GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — A major defense contractor and key player in the nation's first unmanned aircraft business and technology park is up and flying in North Dakota, much to the delight of state officials who have pumped millions of dollars into promoting drones.California...
Lockheed Martin Is Designing a Laser to Defeat Drone Swarms
It starts as a speck on the horizon, just a speck, no bigger than the tip of a pencil point. Then it grows, as the convoy continues to travel along its path. It’s not one speck, but many. Small drones begin to expand into the sky, and suddenly the specks become a swarm that extends above the ...
