The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force received its first RQ-4B Global Hawk on March 12, with the high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle landing at Misawa Air Base after a non-stop trans-Pacific… Continue reading "Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force Receives First Global Hawk"
Airbus Defence has announced that its A400M cargo aircraft successfully released a drone aircraft while in flight for the first time, in a major step forwards for the A400M’s planned… Continue reading "Airbus’ A400M Successfully Conducts First Airborne Drone Release"
The United Arab Emirates’ embassy in the United States announced on Wednesday that the UAE’s Director of National Intelligence, Ali Al Shamsi, would be meeting with White House officials and… Continue reading "UAE Intelligence Chief To Visit Washington Following Abu Dhabi Drone Attack"
The United States Navy has completed an Unmanned Carrier Aviation Demonstration of the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial tanker aboard USS George H.W. Bush. The demonstration was conducted by a government… Continue reading "MQ-25 Stingray Completes Initial Carrier Deck Demonstration"
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has confirmed that a Royal Air Force Typhoon shot down a small hostile drone that approached the U.S. al-Tanf base in southern Syria on… Continue reading "RAF Typhoon Destroys Drone Approaching US Base In Southern Syria"
On December 9, the US Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA) announced it had carried out the final OFFSET program field experiment at Cassidy Combined Arms Collective Training Facility (CACTF)… Continue reading "DARPA Runs Final Test for OFFSET Program Drone Swarm"
The incoming German government presented its coalition agreement on Wednesday, with the “traffic light” coalition of the Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats providing preliminary details on what the Social… Continue reading "German Coalition Deal Greenlights Armed Drones, Tornado Replacement"
On September 13, T1, one of the Boeing-owned MQ-25 test aircraft conducted a historic aerial refueling with an F-35C from the Navy’s Air Test Wing and Evaluation Squadron Two Three… Continue reading "How the MQ-25 Solves the Navy’s Decade Long Issue with New Technology"
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt early on Sunday, after armed drones attacked his residence in Baghdad. One drone struck the compound, with the Iraqi military saying… Continue reading "Iraqi Prime Minister Survives Drone Assassination Attempt"
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced that its Gremlins unmanned aerial vehicle program has successfully conducted its first airborne recovery. During the fourth Gremlins flight test deployment in… Continue reading "DARPA Gremlin UAVs Demonstrate First Airborne Recovery"