Royal Navy uncrewed aircraft trial marks European first
UK flight test sees largest unmanned aircraft take off from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier.
Kongsberg Geospatial, Echodyne Corp and uAvionix have joined forces to develop a new counter-UAS (C-UAS) system called Argus, Kongsberg Geospatial announced on 26 April.
The Argus C-UAS is a portable 3D radar system that can detect small UAS flying at long ranges within a monitored airspace. It integrates the Echodyne MESA radar with uAvionix cooperative aircraft tracking capabilities, displayed via the Kongsberg Geospatial Iris situational awareness application, providing all weather coverage and accurate positioning of airborne targets.
The system has been developed for organisations that need to monitor the position of UAS flying in their local airspace, such as airports, prisons, police forces protecting public events and emergency rescue organisations who need to keep the airspace clear surrounding disaster scenes and wildfires.
UK flight test sees largest unmanned aircraft take off from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier.
CATIC have displayed its new AR-2000 drone at Dubai Airshow 2023, emphasising ship-based capabilities with PLA already purchasing.
Australia has ordered four Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton UAS which can operate as an uncrewed maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) alongside the country’s in-service Boeing P-8A MPA fleet.
The Khronos tethered UAS has been designed to be simple to use and has drawn on Elistair’s experience with hundreds of existing customers.
The use of long-duration Uncrewed Surface Vehicles for maritime surveillance and monitoring has become part of the fleet inventory as navies try to reduce the level of effort required to gather intelligence on areas of interest.
A growing number of uncrewed systems have been on show at Sydney's Indo-Pacific Maritime exhibition with a select few currently being trialled to see if they can enhance the Royal Australian Navy's surveillance levels.