Military UAVs – Page 15
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NewsKratos, Hypersonix team up on hypersonic drone programme
Kratos and Australian firm Hypersonix Launch Systems have agreed to develop a hypersonic drone named the DART AE.
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NewsCollins flight-tests next-gen military network using Bonanza and Mi-2s
Collins Aerospace late last year completed flight tests that demonstrated a suite of integrated communications and networking technologies as part of a US military network-modernisation effort.
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NewsAvengers collaborate to identify, transmit aerial threat data
Two General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Avenger unmanned air vehicles have used sensor pods to spot long-range airborne threats and fuse the resulting data.
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NewsElbit secures additional Hermes 900 order from Brazil
Elbit Systems has secured a deal to furnish Brazil with additional Hermes 900 unmanned air vehicles.
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NewsBAE, Embraer to study Eve’s military potential
BAE Systems and Embraer are to collaborate on a study into potential military applications for the electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft being developed by the Brazilian company’s Eve urban air mobility unit.
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NewsMQ-25 winds up deck handling tests on US aircraft carrier
Boeing and the US Navy (USN) have completed a series of tests to assess the deck handling characteristics of the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned air vehicle (UAV) aboard an aircraft carrier.
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NewsRAAF’s first MQ-4C Triton in wing-fuselage join
Australia’s acquisition of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has advanced with the joining of the first aircraft’s fuselage and one-piece wing.
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NewsNorthrop to modify four EQ-4 Global Hawks with hypersonic missile testing sensors
The Department of Defense granted Northrop Grumman a contract to start reconfiguring four US Air Force (USAF) EQ-4 Block 20 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) with sensors for tracking hypersonic missiles during tests.
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NewsUS Air Force ‘commits’ to fielding loyal wingman UAVs
The US Air Force is ready to move beyond experimentation with unmanned combat aircraft and toward acquiring and fielding the next-generation unmanned air vehicles.
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NewsGeneral Atomics unveils Mojave STOL UAV for dirt runways or aircraft carriers
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems unveiled a new medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air vehicle on 9 December that can take off and land in as little as 500ft, including from dirt runways or aircraft carriers.
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NewsMQ-25A starts deck handling tests aboard aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush
A Boeing MQ-25A Stingray unmanned in-flight refuelling tanker was hoisted aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time this week to start initial deck handling tests.
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NewsAir Force Research Lab orders 15 Silent Arrow unmanned cargo gliders
Looking for a new way to resupply ground troops, the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has ordered 15 cargo glider drones from Silent Arrow, a company of Yates Electrospace.
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NewsH145 to gain MUM-T capability boost
Airbus Helicopters will offer H145 light-twins in future with manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capability following a successful trial of the technology.
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NewsAeroVironment demonstrates ‘mini Predator’ using tactical UAV carrying loitering munition
AeroVironment is touting a “mini-Predator” configuration of its Jump 20 tactical unmanned air vehicle (UAV), a retrofit allowing the small drone to launch multiple Switchblade 300 loitering munitions.
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NewsNorthrop Grumman to add ‘dynamic’ in-flight rerouting to RQ-4B Global Hawk
The US Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to upgrade the RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle with ”dynamic” in-flight rerouting software.
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NewsNATO exercise practices coordinating defences against small drones
NATO is working to coordinate the lower tier air defences of its members against hard-to-spot and difficult to shoot down small unmanned air vehicles.
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NewsCollins demos stealthy directional comms system for UAVs
Collins Aerospace has demonstrated a “directional communications system” that could allow unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to securely transmit battlefield data while operating in contested airspace.
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NewsBerlin picks Skeldar V-200 as Sea Falcon maritime UAV
Germany’s BAAINBw procurement body has awarded ESG Elektroniksystem und Logistik a ‘Sea Falcon’ programme contract to provide three unmanned aircraft systems to the nation’s navy.
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NewsDARPA catches airborne X-61 Gremlins drone from C-130 cargo ramp
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in October for the first time caught an airborne X-61 Gremlins unmanned air vehicle using a mechanical arm and towed docking “bullet” deployed from the cargo ramp of a Lockheed Martin C-130.
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NewsBoeing Australia, RAAF fly second ATS loyal wingman
Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) are continuing work with their developmental Airpower Teaming System (ATS) ‘loyal wingman’ aircraft, with two examples flying.