All Military UAVs articles – Page 324
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Turning peanuts into gold
Ramon Lopez/MONTREAL Bombardier Services hopes that participation in the second phase of the US Navy's (USN) vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) demonstration will highlight the CL-327 Guardian's capabilities in satisfying the US military's VTOL Tactical UAV (VTUAV)requirement. The Canadian aerospace firm also seeks a ...
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Marconi's Phoenix has landed - six years late
The British Army has accepted the Marconi Avionics-developed Phoenix unmanned air vehicle into service - six years later than scheduled. The company has also embarked on a study of potential upgrades to the system. Deliveries of 50 air vehicles and eight ground stations to two Royal Artillery regiments ...
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Canadian Aerospace aims to convert trainer
Canadian Aerospace Group, a unit of SL Ventures, has hired Florida-based Micro Systems to design and install a guidance and flight control system for its Monitor military jet trainer, modifying it for unmanned surveillance and strike missions. Ontario-based Canadian Aerospace and Micro Systems plan to jointly develop unmanned air ...
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Belgian Government orders Israeli UAV
Belgian Government orders Israeli UAV The Belgian government has selected Israel Aircraft Industries Hunter unmanned air vehicle (UAV) as a replacement for the army's Epervier UAV used for battlefield surveillance. The Epervier, based on a Northrop design, was developed in the 1960s by SABCA, the local aerospace company. ...
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Boeing to build next X-aircraft for NASA
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC NASA has selected Boeing to build the next X-series experimental vehicle, under its Future-X programme to demonstrate technologies for low-cost access to space. The unpiloted, reusable Advanced Technology Vehicle (ATV) - likely to be designated the X-37 - will be released by theSpace Shuttle to demonstrate autonomous ...
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Stretching out in the Enstrom 480 Turbine
Peter Gray/SHOREHAM The Enstrom 480 Turbine is a classic example of how a good original design can be adapted and modified for the demanding modern operating environment. It is also remarkably flexible for its size. At its maximum capacity, one passenger occupies the front right-hand seat next to ...
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Boeing cuts production as Far East orders dive
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Boeing plans to make dramatic cuts to commercial aircraft production and numbers of workers in 1999 and 2000 as a result of the Asian economic crisis. "It's not a pretty picture," admits Boeing president Harry Stonecipher, who says the cuts are being made because "the ...
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Lockheed Martin in UCAV shift
Lockheed Martin says it will continue to work on unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) with the US Air Force and Navy despite withdrawing from the US Defence Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) technology demonstration programme. The move leaves Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Systems competing for a $110 million ...
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U-2s upgraded for 2020 and beyond
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is beginning work on a major cockpit upgrade of the U-2S reconnaisance aircraft as part of US Air Force plans to keep the aircraft operational to 2020 and beyond. The core of the cockpit upgrade will be large (150 x 200mm) ...
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RoboCopter 300
Northrop Grumman and Schweizer have teamed up to offer an unmanned derivative of the Schweizer 300 helicopter, known as the RoboCopter 300, in a contest to meet a US Navy VTOL UAV requirement. Source: Flight International
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Major players bid for VTOL UAV programme
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The planned acquisition of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) by the US Navy and Marine Corps has drawn interest from a dozen competitors, including Bell Helicopter Textron, Science Applications International (SAIC), and a team led by Schweizer Aircraft. A joint ...
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US forces considers gun-launched UAV
The US Army is considering launching a research study for an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) small enough to be launched from a 155mm artillery piece, while the US Navy and Marine Corps are also studying small tube-launched UAV systems. A basic research effort may be launched by the end of ...
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Mini-missile to take away
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Weapons a fraction of the size of today's munitions are being considered by the US Air Force to increase the firepower of the planned Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and smaller unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) that might follow. Internal weapons carriage, when required for stealth, limits the ...
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UK seeks to get on board US maritime UAV programme
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The UK is seeking to join the US Department of Defense's vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) demonstration programme. The move is part of a restructuring of its role in the trilateral Maritime UAV (MUAV) project, which it is conducting with Germany and the ...
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US Army gets the go-ahead for new UAV contest
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense's Joint Requirements Oversight Council has decided to allow the US Army to proceed with the Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (TUAV) programme, prompting the Army to run a competition that may yet include the previously favoured contender, the Alliant Techsystems Outrider UAV. Lt ...
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Germany approves Camcopter vehicle
Austria's Schiebel says that its Camcopter vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle (UAV) is the recommended platform for the next phase of Germany's Airborne Minefield Reconnaissance Technology programme. The compact rotary-wing UAV won the endorsement of the IABG, which tests and evaluates systems for the German military. ...
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Mediterranean stand-off
Andrzej Jeziorski/ATHENS Early in September, Greece accused neighbouring Turkey of repeatedly violating its national airspace, and the Athens flight information region (FIR),with its military aircraft, in a series of incidents symptomatic of the tension between the two countries. The Greek air force claimed that a total of 26 ...
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US Army saves the Outrider as Navy VTOL UAV
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense Joint Requirements Oversight Council has agreed to let the US Navy and the US Marine Corps switch to a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicle (UAV), while allowing the US Army to procure the Alliant Techsystems Outrider UAV. ...
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UCAVs head to sea
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Operating aircraft from ships has never been easy, and a whole branch of military aviation has grown up around carrier-based operations. With interest in unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) growing all the time, is was to be expected that the US Navy would have its unique concerns ...
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European powerhouse
Carol Reed/LONDON While chief aerospace and defence players wrestle with complex super-mergers, second tier aerospace supplier, Anglo-French group Avicore, is planning its own expansion and has a European powerhouse for tactical reconnaissance, airborne data acquisition and recording systems and countermeasures in mind. After acquiring UK-based specialist tactical reconnaissance and ...