All Military UAVs articles – Page 314
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USA aims to link NATO systems
Improved coalition operations are the focus of technology demonstrations planned by the US Department of Defense (DoD). Development of techniques to ensure the interoperability of different airborne ground-surveillance systems to be deployed by NATO nations is one of 11 advanced concept technology demonstrations (ACTDs) to be funded in fiscal ...
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Boeing seeks government help on Super Frog airlifter
Ramon Lopez/FORT WORTH Boeing's Phantom Works is seeking the involvement of a US Government research organisation to build a large-scale flying model of the company's Advanced Theater Transport (ATT) concept aircraft. The company reckons the aircraft could be operational by 2013-5. The Phantom Works already has research and ...
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Designed to last
The US Navy's future flat-tops will be built to stay in service until the end of the century Ramon Lopez/NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA Tomorrow's aircraft carriers are taking shape on the computer screens of US Navy and industry officials in charge of designing and building the final Nimitz-class carrier, the CVN ...
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China develops two unmanned vehicles
Aviation Industries China has developed two unmanned air vehicles (UAV) which appear to share a platform. Both feature a bullet-shaped fuselage with a low mounted swept wing. One design appears to be equipped for reconnaissance while the other has a pod above the fuselage, probably for electronic warfare or ...
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Export conundrum
US industry and military are fighting to reform US export controls to promote competition and coalition operations Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC During the Kosovo conflict, the Italian Coast Guard tried to buy air-sea rescue flares with which to locate downed NATO aircrew. The US manufacturer's request for an export licence was ...
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Future shock
The latest gun technology is opening new dimensions in saturation bombing and ballistic missile defence Peter La Franchi/ADELAIDEImagine an airborne gunnery system capable of firing 40mm grenades millions of rounds a minute against ground targets. Australian stock exchange-listed Metal Storm has unveiled concepts for such a futuristic-sounding system. It has ...
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Reality check
The ability of small air forces to define, develop and maintain a credible level of air combat capability has always been a challenge, but it may be becoming an impossibility if New Zealand's scrapping of its deal with the USA for 28 Lockheed Martin F-16A/Bs is anything to go by. ...
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US Navy considers hybrid UAV designs
Unmanned air vehicle (UAV) concepts based on the unconventional CarterCopter (CC), a hybrid autogyro and fixed-wing design, are believed to have been submitted to the US Navy for its Multi-Role Endurance (MRE) UAV contest. Contract bids were due to be submitted by 17 March. Although the bidders are not ...
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Allied Force prompts Joint STARS upgrade
Last year's NATO air war against Yugoslavia has resulted in "quick reaction" modifications to the US Air Force's Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS). Meanwhile, Northrop Grumman expects to be under contract next month to begin engineering and manufacturing (EMD) of the Radar Technology ...
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US Army embraces smart cockpit
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Army is to fit the Rotorcraft Pilot's Associate (RPA) cockpit management system in Boeing AH-64D Apaches being upgraded to Longbow standard. The system is also being considered for a command and control version of the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and a variant has found a ...
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Joint STARS set for lift with leased powerplant refit
Ramon Lopez/MELBOURNE, FLORIDA Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force plan to replace the ageing powerplants of the E-8C Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft with modern leased engines from 2002. USAF deputy system programme director Ron Mason says Congress has designated Joint STARS "a pilot ...
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F-16 upgrades herald business boom
The fast-developing market for updating cockpits of early model Lockheed Martin F-16s sparked two leading upgrade companies to display programmes at the show. Singapore Technologies Aerospace's (STAe's) Falcon ONE package made its debut and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) displayed its Air Combat Enhancement (ACE) package. Meanwhile. Lockheed Martin is developing ...
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Dassault reveals future Rafale developments
Dassault Aviation has revealed a model of the Rafale fighter equipped with conformal fuel tanks (CFT) on top of the fuselage in a design similar to that projected for the Lockheed Martin F-16 and Eurofighter Typhoon. The company is also looking at the potential of the aircraft as a flight ...
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Rotary wing UAV unveiled
Asian unmanned aerial vehicle operators are showing interest in a revolutionary helicopter UAV on display for the first time at Asian Aerospace. The Vigilant rotary wing UAV features a fully autonomous capability not fielded on a UAV before, says Jean-Patrick Kaniecki, sales and marketing director, Techno Sud Industries. ...
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IAI converts technological advantages to record profit
Steve Nichols Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) saw a 26% increase in sales last year which was "unprecedented in IAI's history", says Moshe Keret, the company's president and chief executive. Shimon Eckhaus, vice-president of Marketing at IAI, says these results are the product of steps taken by IAI to ...
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Elbit supplies Hermes UAV to Israeli forces
Elbit Systems and Silver Arrow are supplying the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) with new Hermes Unmanned Airborne Vehicles (UAVs). The Hermes 450S has an advanced avionics system with GPS navigation, plus features a gimballed electro-optical payload for target detection and recognition. The mobile ground control station (GCS) features ...