Taiwan’s military announced on Thursday that troops on Kinmen had shot down a civilian drone believed to have been flown from China earlier that day, the first time such a… Continue reading "Taiwanese Troops On Kinmen Shoot Down Civilian Chinese Drone For First Time"
On August 24, footage of Taiwanese troops of the Dadan Defense Unit, on the islands of Kinmen, throwing rocks at a recording drone surfaced on Chinese social media site Weibo.… Continue reading "Chinese Drone Buzzes Kinmen Island, Territory of Taiwan"
United States Central Command announced Thursday that U.S. forces had conducted airstrikes and artillery strikes on Iranian-backed militias in eastern Syria in response to rocket attacks on two American bases… Continue reading "UPDATED: U.S. Retaliates For Further Attacks In Syria By Iranian-Backed Militias"
The United States Army announced on 18 August that it had selected AeroVironment’s JUMP 20 medium unmanned aerial system for Increment 1 of its Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS)… Continue reading "AeroVironment’s JUMP 20 Drone Selected For Evaluation As US Army RQ-7 Replacement"
After the recent successful capture of Hani Ahmed al-Kurdi in the Aleppo region of Syria, US forces U.S. Central Command announced that a drone strike had killed the leader of… Continue reading "US Drone Strike Kills ISIL Syria Leader"
The Bayraktar TB2 to be donated to Ukraine will be named the “Hawk”, after the option won a naming contest held by Lithuanian media outlet Laisves TV. Laisves had previously… Continue reading "Lithuania’s “Hawk” TB2 Now Face Of Letter-Writing Campaign Supporting Ukraine"
Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar announced on Thursday that it would be donating one of its TB2 attack drones free of charge to Ukraine, following a recent Lithuanian fundraiser for the… Continue reading "Baykar Announces Donation Of TB2 Attack Drone To Ukraine"
Australian Minister of Defense Peter Dutton announced on Sunday that an additional $454 million AUD was being allocated for the Loyal Wingman program enabling the production of seven additional MQ-28A… Continue reading "Australia Announces Order for Seven Additional Loyal Wingmen"
At the Indo-Pacific International Maritime Exhibition 2022 in Sydney, Australia, General Atomics has presented a new variant of the MQ-9B Guardian platform: the MQ-9B STOL. The MQ-9B STOL is a… Continue reading "New MQ-9B STOL Expands on Mojave Program"
Two high profile programs to equip the Australian Defence Force (ADF) have been scaled back or cut to help pay for a massive investment into Defence’s cyber capabilities known as… Continue reading "Australia Slashes Landmark Defense Projects, Including SkyGuardian, to Pay for Cyber Investment"