Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: KAI and IAI loiter with intent
Integrating manned-unmanned teaming onto its aircraft platforms is uppermost in KAI's mind.
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Silicon Sensing’s new DMU41 – the highest performing silicon MEMS IMU available today is also more than 40% smaller and lighter, with 50% lower power consumption.
Northrop Grumman expects to shortly integrate a maritime radar on its Firebird optionally piloted MALE UAV.
A pair of MQ-9As can no longer be operated and owned by General Atomics for strike and targeting missions in the CENTCOM area of operations.
A US DoD contract has revealed that the UK has agreed to buy an additional MQ-9 Reaper. The thinking behind this may be associated with a need to maintain unmanned operational output ahead of the introduction of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian.
Integrating manned-unmanned teaming onto its aircraft platforms is uppermost in KAI's mind.
The US Army has just wrapped up almost a year's worth of FTUAS testing and is looking ahead to a formal acquisition. It could see fit to buy more than one aircraft type currently under consideration.
11th February 2021
A collaboration between Northrop Grumman and Ultra Electronics could hold the key to new ASW capabilities for the MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV.
10th February 2021
German company to provide tailhook actuator for Boeing MQ-25A Stingray UAV.
9th February 2021
As a search for successors to MH-60 and MQ-8 aircraft under the US Navy's Future Vertical Lift Maritime Strike effort begins in earnest, attention turns to which new systems could compete for programme spoils.
8th February 2021
Shagala UAV will ultimately be deployed by the Kazakhstan Armed Forces at platoon to battalion level.
8th February 2021
As UAVs proliferate in the Indian military, future opportunities will abound for their indigenous maintenance and support.
5th February 2021
Pakistan has been evaluating Chinese-built UAVs, and rumours have swirled about bulk purchases, but its first acquisition has been confirmed.
5th February 2021
Micro-UAVs are seen as essential for internal security and military personnel; an Israeli company is teaming up in India to tap the market.
4th February 2021
A demonstration programme is expected to begin in July 2021.
4th February 2021
Foreign players and non-state actors are increasingly using UAVs to intrude across the Indian border.
1st February 2021
MoU will combine turnkey integration and UAV development capabilities.
28th January 2021
Spurred by UAVs being used in conflicts overseas, the Indian Army is exploring UAV swarms to attack an enemy.
27th January 2021
In an odd twist, Callen-Lenz has been omitted from Team Mosquito — the industry collaboration contracted to design and manufacture a low-cost, 'loyal wingman' type UAV for the RAF.
27th January 2021
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27th January 2021
Latest contract supports FLIR UGVs used in two programmes.
25th January 2021
Israeli-made UAV boasts standoff ISR capability.
22nd January 2021
Latest contract carries on efforts to deliver USN the capability to perform EOD operations.
20th January 2021
A new Chinese UAV/UCAV has taken to the skies for the first time. Meanwhile, other Chinese models are being used extensively in combat in the Middle East and North Africa.
20th January 2021
Test progress on Falco Xplorer has been restricted by COVID-19 but Leonardo remains focused on obtaining military certification for the MALE UAV.
20th January 2021
Unmanned ASW capability will eventually be provided from SeaGuardian.