Unmanned Vehicles
New Chinese armed robot handles gunfire (video)
A private company called Shenyang Donglang Technology Dev (SDT) has created a UGV named Realblow, a device designed to act as an armed assailant for ...
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Air Warfare
PREMIUM: Leidos offers Orbiter to Australian Army
Leidos Australia announced on 7 April the UAV platform that it is offering for the Australian Army's Project Land 129 Phase 3 requirement for a new ...
Unmanned Vehicles
PREMIUM: CTTSO embraces counter-drone capabilities
Reporting to the US Assistant Secretary of Defense Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC), the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) is tasked with identifying and developing ...
Unmanned Vehicles
USMC orders Centaur UGVs from FLIR
FLIR Systems has received an $18.6 million contract for more than 140 Centaur UGVs for the USMC. The order has been secured as part of ...
Unmanned Vehicles
UAV Navigation FCS integrated with Sky Power Engines
Spain-based UAV Navigation has teamed up with Germany’s Sky Power to design modernised flight control solutions (FCS). As a result, the FCS used by UAV ...
Featured videos
Unmanned Vehicles
Gaming-style solutions for downing drones (Studio)
This video is brought to you in partnership with Raytheon. Beth Maundrill, Deputy Editor, Shephard Media, speaks to Evan Hunt, business development director for high energy lasers ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
France commissions stratobus platform study
9th January 2020
Thales Alenia Space and Thales have signed a contract with the French defence procurement agency, DGA, to carry out a concept study for the use ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Commtact secures new contract
9th January 2020
Commtact has secured a contract to supply its E-MDLS family of enhanced mini data link solutions to a prime contractor for a major Asian defence ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
UAVOS introduces new cargo drone
9th January 2020
UAVOS has developed a cargo delivery drone based on the Robinson R-22 helicopter, the company announced on 8 January.The unmanned system has a payload capacity ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Kratos receives target drone orders
8th January 2020
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) has received new orders worth approximately $6 million for its jet powered unmanned aerial target drone ...
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Naval Warfare
AQS-24 sonar in new testing
7th January 2020
Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24 mine hunting sonar has completed initial in-water testing of a next-generation Deploy and Retrieval payload, the company announced on 6 January. During ...
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Naval Warfare
Pakistan Navy inducts ATR 72 aircraft and Luna NG UAVs
7th January 2020
The Pakistan Navy (PN) has inducted two ATR 72 aircraft – one in the Sea Eagle maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) configuration and another as a ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Indonesia rolls out indigenous MALE UAV
3rd January 2020
On 30 December, PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) rolled out the first prototype of an indigenously developed MALE UAV that has been christened the Elang Hitam ...
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Defence Notes
Air review 2019: Turkey and Trump F-35 trouble overshadows future fighters
30th December 2019
Of all the stories that made headlines in 2019, few could claim to have caught fire in the same way as Turkey’s removal from the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
German armed UAV plans spiked by parliament
20th December 2019
The German parliament has voted to reject a motion to purchase armed drones for the country’s armed forces, it confirmed in a 20 December statement. ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
US AFRL's Ultra LEAP UAS in flight demo
19th December 2019
The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Center for Rapid Innovation (CRI) has completed a two and a half-day continuous flight demonstration of the Ultra Long ...
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Digital Battlespace
Opinion: BeiDou – Friend or foe in space, sea, air and land?
18th December 2019
At 01:43 on 5 November, China launched a Long March-3B carrier rocket with the 49th satellite aboard of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
US Army invests in Gray Eagle ER capabilities
13th December 2019
The US Army has awarded multiple contracts to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) to upgrade the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range's (GE ER) capabilities and ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
GA-ASI begins MQ-9 demo in Greece
12th December 2019
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has begun a series of MQ-9 Guardian demonstration flights hosted by the Hellenic Air Force (HAF).Taking place out of Larissa ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Orbiter 4 UAS completes 25hr flight
12th December 2019
Aeronautics Group’s Orbiter 4 UAS has completed a 25 hour flight, setting a new endurance record for the platform. The flight was performed at mission ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
DroneShield systems protect Southeast Asian Games
10th December 2019
DroneShield counter-UAS systems successfully protected the opening ceremony of the 30th Southeast Asian Games held in Philippine Arena, Ciudad de Victoria, Santa Maria, Bulacan, the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
General Atomics confirms Australian SkyGuardian buy
6th December 2019
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) confirmed on 4 December that it has been advised that the Australian government has selected its MQ-9B SkyGuardian variant to ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
DroneSentinel certified by CPNI
5th December 2019
DroneShield’s DroneSentinel multi-sensor C-UAS system has been certified by the UK government’s Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI). The certifications allows for DroneSentinel to ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
FLIR Systems details CRS-H win
5th December 2019
FLIR Systems has detailed its win on the US Army’s Common Robotic System-Heavy (CRS-H) programme. Announced by the US Department of Defense in November, the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
German Army orders C-UAS system
4th December 2019
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has received a contract from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment (BAAINBw) to deliver a Counter-UAS (C-UAS) system, the company announced ...
