With Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) drone scheduled to be subject to a two-year spending freeze – and even possible cancellation – the defense contractor is… Continue reading "Northrop Grumman Hopes Australia Orders Will Fill MQ-4C Production Freeze to Avoid Substantial Costs"
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) have this month successfully conducted captive carry flight tests of their Sparrowhawk Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS). In a press release from the company,… Continue reading "General Atomics Sparrowhawk “Baby Drone” Takes Flight"
The Deutsche Marine (German navy) began at-sea testing of the SKELDAR V-200 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), designated the Sea Falcon, on the 12th August. The… Continue reading "Germany Navy Begins Testing V-200 SKELDAR Drone"
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and the Israeli Defense Ministry have successfully produced the world’s first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) entirely produced using 3D printing technology and with a body mostly… Continue reading "Israel Launches the Sky Printer, a Surveillance Drone Made From Paper"
Early this week the anticipated announcement was made that the USAF would begin looking for solutions to replace the MQ-9 Reaper. The hope is for a delivered vehicle by 2030… Continue reading "MQ-Next: The Reaper’s Struggle for Survival"
US unmanned aerial systems (UAS) firm AeroVironment have been awarded two recent contracts for their Switchblade and Puma UAS platforms. Last week, the US Army agreed a deal for the… Continue reading "AeroVironment Flying High With Switchblade and Puma"
The U.S. Navy has commenced flight testing of the latest MQ-8C Fire Scout equipped with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 radar. The Fire Scout is an unmanned helicopter designed to provide reconnaissance,… Continue reading "US Navy Test Flies MQ-8C Fire Scout With New Radar Upgrade"
The first fuselage of what is termed the Airpower Teaming System (ATS) has been completed ahead of a scheduled eventual production run of three prototype systems for the Loyal Wingman… Continue reading "Boeing Completes Major Milestones for RAAF Loyal Wingman"
Engineers at the US Army’s Army Research Lab (ARL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground have filed a patent application for the Grenade Launched Unmanned Aerial System (GLUAS), a 40mm grenade launcher… Continue reading "US Army Research Lab Develops 40mm Launched Drone"
Four companies have been shortlisted for the Australian Army’s LAND 129 Phase 3 Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) program to replace the RQ-7B Shadow 200 UAS currently in service. The… Continue reading "Australian Army Shortlists Drone Finalists"