All Military UAVs articles – Page 319
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USA/UK join forces on Sender unmanned vehicle
The US Army is set to formalise its participation in the UK's Sender "unit level" tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The Sender is one of two emerging British Army requirements for UAVs (Flight International, 14-20 July). With a 30km (16nm) range, it will be equipped with a surveillance and ...
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US Marines look at Litening for Harriers
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Marine Corps will decide whether to equip its Boeing AV-8B Harrier IIs with the Rafael Litening targeting and navigation pod by the end of July at the conclusion of demonstration trials. USMC planning had called for the initial funding of a pod acquisition to equip ...
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Mergers
Northrop Grumman has bought Ryan Aeronautical - a manufacturer of target drones and unmanned air vehicles - from Allegheny Teledyne for $140 million. The business will move its base to San Diego, California, and will be used to develop Northrop's unmanned technology programmes. Allegheny Teledyne has also completed the sale ...
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Civvy strip
Ed Reavis/FRANKFURT Two German airports regain economic ground lost when the US Air Force leftWith the end of the East-West confrontation and the following military drawdown, Germany's economy suffered major after-shocks from the closure of several major US military installations. Among those given up by the US Air ...
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UAV designated targets
US Air Force sources have confirmed that the General Atomics Predator unmanned air vehicle (UAV) was used to laser designate targets for combat aircraft in the Kosovo conflict, the first time that UAVs have been confirmed as designators for laser-guided munition carrying fast jets, although it is believed the Israelis ...
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Ultra Electronics/Cubic teamed to develop HIDL
The UK Ministry of Defence has selected an Ultra Electronics/Cubic team to conduct a one-year study contract to set specifications for a back-up high-integrity datalink (HIDL) for unmanned air vehicles. The MoD is providing about $200,000, with the companies contributing an undisclosed amount. The contract grows out of the ...
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High endurance rotorcraft set to fly
The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Frontier Systems this year plan to flight-test a revolutionary unmanned helicopter that can remain airborne for up to 48h and achieve an unrefuelled range of 5,550km (3,000nm). Neither DARPA nor Abraham Karem, Frontier president, will disclose details of the research ...
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Kaman wins USMC remote helicopter work
The US Marine Corps has awarded Kaman Aerospace a $4.2 million contract to modify and demonstrate a remotely piloted version of the K-MAX helicopter to further validate its Broad Area Unmanned Responsive Resupply Operations (BURRO) concept. Flight testing of the unmanned helicopter is to begin around August next year at ...
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Aerospatiale Matra fishes for army contract with Heron
Aerospatiale Matra is using an Israeli long endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to compete for a French army requirement for a medium altitude vehicle. The Israel Aircraft Industries Heron UAV (above) was displayed by Aerospatiale Matra at the Paris air show as the Eagle without any hint that it was ...
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US Predators give extra guidance
The US Army has installed laser designators on four General Atomics Predator unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to mark targets for laser-guided munitions. The designators are also available for use on TRW/Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter vehicles. "This concept of operation would facilitate target acquisition, permit the aircraft to release their ...
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Pentagon prepares for Global Hawk
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense is preparing to approve limited production of the Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical RQ-4A Global Hawk as the high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle begins 13 months of US military user assessments and prepares to be deployed to Australia. US Navy Rear Adm ...
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UK sends for Sender tenders
The UK Ministry of Defence is to award 12-month assessment contracts for its Sender unit-level unmanned air vehicle (UAV) requirement next year. Sender is one of two emerging tactical UAV requirements that specify systems to enter British Army service in around 2008. It will have a range of 30km ...
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Israel serenades Turkey with Guitar
Israeli manufacturers continue to use Israel's growing military relationship with Turkey to pursue requirements from Ankara. Rafael hopes Turkey could be a potential launch customer for the Guitar passive missile warning system. Israel's two leading unmanned air vehicle (UAV) manufacturers are mounting a joint bid for a $350 million ...
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Italian trim
5,000 Italian air force personnel are to lose their jobs as reorganisation continuesAndy Nativi/GENOABy 2005, the Italian air force plans to have cut its ranks to about 55,000 personnel, also reducing its number of bases and shedding aircraft. The latest changes mean that 5,000 people will be axed, at ...
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Bids in for US Army UAV contest
Seven bids have been submitted for the US Army's tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) competition, although the number could rise following a deadline extension. The competition is for an off-the-shelf unmanned air vehicle (UAVs) - equipped with electro-optical and infrared payloads - that can provide surveillance and target acquisition ...
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The future is smart
First came precision guidance: now all-weather missiles are set to join the US arsenal Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC NATO's dependence on precision guided munitions (PGMs) is expected to grow in the coming years, when current-generation laser-guided bombs will be complemented by all-weather weapons using global positioning/inertial navigation system (GPS/INS) guiding and ...
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Accident delays vertical take-off SEAMOS tests
Ramon Lopez/PARIS Critical land-based flight trials of the DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa) SEAMOS vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV), due this September, have been delayed by at least four months because of a crash that severely damaged the only flight demonstrator. The flight demonstration, at the Meldorf North ...
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USAF considers re-opening Agent Defeat Warhead competition
The USAF is considering re-opening a competition for its Agent Defeat Warhead (ADW) programme after the first round, for initial development and demonstration, failed to attract bids "of sufficient merit to warrant an award". In March, the Air Force Research Laboratory's Munitions Directorate at Eglin AFB, Florida, sought technical ...
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General Atomics/Meteor team on Italian bid
Italy's unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and air target manufacturer Meteor has teamed with General Atomics Aeronautical of the USA to offer the US-built Predator to the Italian Ministry of Defence in response to a requirement for a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV. General Atomics will provide Predator-related hardware, software and systems ...
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France unwraps secret Eagle UAV
Matra BAe Dynamics has revealed its Eagle high altitude, long endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV), a programme for the French Ministry of Defence which was secret until the show. The 20m (65ft)-span demonstrator first flew last October when it underwent trials, operating 4,000km (2,160nm) from its base, from where it ...