All Military UAVs news – Page 29
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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works demos autonomous reconnaissance pod
Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs, also known as Skunk Works, has demonstrated an artificial intelligence-powered intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pod autonomously searching out and confirming a target in a demonstration.
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Israel orders Rafael’s Spike Firefly loitering munition
Rafael has been awarded a contract to equip Israel’s land forces with its Spike Firefly lightweight loitering munition.
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Boeing rolls out Airpower Teaming System for Royal Australian Air Force
Later this year, the Airpower Teaming System will undergo ground testing, followed by taxi tests and its first flight test. After that, manned-unmanned teaming test flights will be conducted, says the firm. Testing is to be done at undisclosed locations in Australia.
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AeroVironment wins $76 million contract for Switchblade loitering munitions
AeroVironment has won a $76 million contract to supply an undisclosed quantity of Switchblade loitering munitions to the US Army and US Marine Corps.
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AeroVironment launches Quantix Recon, a military variant of its farm surveying drone
AeroVironment has launched its Quantix Recon unmanned air vehicle (UAV), a military variant of its farm surveying drone, on the market.
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Why air launched effects and long-range missiles are critical to US Army
After recent drone demonstrations, the US Army says it is one step closer to developing the aircraft and weapons needed to penetrate and destroy the advanced air defences of adversaries such as China or Russia.
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General Atomics plans air launched effect test from MQ-1C Gray Eagle this summer
To keep the MQ-1C out of the reach of adversaries’ missiles, General Atomics is experimenting with using long-range sensors and air launched effects on the UAV.
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General Atomics demos MQ-9B UAV flying in national airspace for NASA
The company says the UAV demonstration showed how on-board sensors could be used for “inspections of hundreds of miles of rail, power line, communication and canal infrastructure, agriculture monitoring and topological surveys, as well as wildfire and flood monitoring.”
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Boeing demonstrates S-100 Camcopter UAV resupplying US Army soldiers
Boeing recently demonstrated the S-100 Camcopter unmanned air vehicle resupplying soldiers with small cargo packages in an unnamed US Army exercise.
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US Navy awards Boeing $84.7m for three more MQ-25A unmanned refuelling tankers
The unmanned air vehicles are expected to be complete by August 2024. The company is now on contract to manufacture seven examples of the aircraft.
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‘Low-cost is the technology’: Kratos buys jet turbine maker behind AFRL Gray Wolf cruise missile
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions purchased small jet turbine manufacturer Technical Directions for an undisclosed amount on 24 February.
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Production-representative MQ-9B starts flight tests
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has conducted the first flight of a production-representative MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air vehicle.
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Boeing pushes away new capabilities for MQ-25A to focus on basics
By keeping its eye on two goals - refuelling fighters and operating from a carrier - the MQ-25A Stingray development team expects its unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to achieve initial operational capability (IOC) by 2024; other functions can come later
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Northrop turns to Canberra to shore up Triton production
Northrop Grumman says Australia should consider advancing its acquisition of the US Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAV following the Trump administration’s proposal to pause production for the programme in FY2021 and FY2022. While pausing production, the administration wants instead to focus on the MQ-4C’s improved multi-intelligence configuration, designated IFC-4. The budget ...
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AeroVironment starts flight testing larger Switchblade with greater range
A larger Switchblade could possibly carry tank-piercing munitions and be cheaper than Javelin anti-tank missiles, which cost roughly $250,000 each.
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UMS Skeldar launches lightweight V-150 UAV
UMS Skeldar has unveiled a lightweight addition to its range of vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicles, with the V-150 to be available for delivery from later this year.
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General Atomics shows off Defender UAV concept to protect refuelling tankers
Protecting tankers and ISR aircraft with UAVs could free manned fighters, such as Lockheed Martin F-35As, to launch strikes deep into enemy territory.
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5 technologies needed to make attritable UAVs work
Aircraft developers believe these five pieces of technology need to be improved to make attritable aircraft work.
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Why attritable UAVs have aerospace manufacturers rethinking lucrative MRO and upgrades
Because attritable aircraft are designed to be limited-use, and cheap enough to be lost in combat or thrown-away when obsolete, the traditional model of capturing long-term business government via vendor lock – selling proprietary aircraft to the US Department of Defense and then making profits on MRO and upgrades – could be disrupted.
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F-35 v Valkyrie: range, payload, cost and survivability
Relatively inexpensive unmanned systems have advantages which may put them on the front line when the USA squares up against China in the western Pacific