Military UAVs – Page 11
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Thai navy orders Hermes 900 UAVs
The Royal Thai Navy has ordered an unspecified number of Elbit Systems Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to serve in the maritime patrol mission.
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General Atomics, Kratos highlight progress toward AI-driven combat aircraft
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Kratos have highlighted progress with autonomous unmanned aircraft systems (UASs).
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Northrop rolls out first Australian MQ-4C Triton
Northrop Grumman has rolled out the first MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicle for the Royal Australian Air Force.
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Taiwan signs deal for four MQ-9Bs: legislator
Taiwan has ordered four General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), which will bolster its surveillance capabilities against an increasingly aggressive China.
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DARPA launches expeditionary vertical take-off X-plane effort
The Pentagon’s secretive research arm is seeking design submissions for a next-generation vertical take-off platform that can operate from ships and austere airfields with minimal support infrastructure.
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Digital simulation tests aerial control of autonomous MQ-25 using open architecture
US airframer Boeing, which is developing the autonomous refuelling aircraft, says the demonstrations shows how an MQ-25 Stingray could be controlled and directed by the aircrew of multiple manned platforms.
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RN’s Prince of Wales departs ahead of ‘landmark mission’ off USA
The UK’s largest warship – HMS Prince of Wales – has made a faltering start to a deployment that will involve the 65,000t vessel operating Lockheed Martin F-35Bs off the US east coast later this year.
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USA announces largest Ukraine weapons buy to date, but still no fighter jets
The $3 billion military aid package from the Biden administration includes UAVs, a new counter-UAV system and several advanced air defence platforms, but the transfer of US-made fighters has not yet been approved.
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Solar-powered Airbus endurance UAV meets its end after 64 days of nonstop flight
Zephyr, a solar-powered, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) developed by Airbus Defence & Space and the US Army, came down unexpectedly on 19 August after 64 days of continuous stratospheric flight.
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US sending anti-radiation missiles, surveillance drones to Ukraine
The planned shipment of Boeing Insitu ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles and radar-sensing air-to-surface missiles comes amid what US defence officials call “lack of progress” by Russia.
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China operates CH-4 with heavy-fuel engine
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) CH-4 unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has conducted a flight equipped with a new heavy-fuel engine.
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General Atomics tests Pratt & Whitney turboprop engine on MQ-9B
The California maker of unmanned aerial vehicles recently tested the more-powerful engine for its MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft, successor to the combat-proven MQ-9A Reaper.
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Korean Air to help develop stealthy loyal wingman UAVs
Seoul has named Korean Air as the “preferred bidder” in a programme to develop a low observable unmanned air vehicle (UAVs) that will work with manned aircraft in combat.
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UAV maker Edge Autonomy buys fuel cell producer Adaptive Energy
The California maker of unmanned aerial vehicles for the Pentagon purchased a Michigan manufacturer specialising in solid oxide fuel cells.
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Joby expands military partnership in eVTOL development
The California developer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft says a modification to its existing contract under the US Air Force’s Agility Prime programme is worth $45 million.
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Malaysia to acquire MALE UAV by 2025
Malaysia aims to acquire a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) capability in 2025.
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Boeing lands $57m contract for support of unmanned carrier tanker
The aerospace manufacturer is currently testing the US Navy’s first ever carrier-based autonomous refuelling aircraft.
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Unmanned aircraft disrupting military order: SOCOM chief
Citing on-going combat in Ukraine, the top general at the US Special Operations Command says commercial drones and military UAVs are upending the battlefield status quo.
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US Navy looks to expand reach of shipborne UAVs
The US Navy recently conducted a demonstration to explore the potential of ship-launched unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) operating at long ranges.
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Fixed-price defence contracts trim another $400m from Boeing results
Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security unit continues to battle programme headwinds, with its second-quarter revenues having declined to just below $6.2 billion, from approaching $6.9 billion during the same period a year earlier. Orders were worth $2 billion.