Chinese Private Sector Exhibit Defense Equipment At CNTE Expo
China has kicked off the Chinese Defense Information Equipment & Technology Exhibition 2016 (CNTE 2016) in Beijing on June 15, 2016, which aims to promote military-civilian integration and push forward private enterprises to produce military products. The three-days exhibit showcases information-based equipment including new energy, new material, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV),...
Liteye To Manufacture And Develop Counter-UAV System For Blighter Surveillance In North...
Blighter Surveillance Systems AUDS (Anti-UAV Defence System) team, a counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) has extended its partnership agreement with Liteye Systems for sales to include local manufacturing as well as local development and customisation of the AUDS platform in North America. Liteye Systems role as integration and support partner will include...
Thales Eyes India For Its New Medium Scale Drones
Thales is eyeing India as a potential market for its new medium scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Thales is confident that its new mini UAV SpyRanger, being built with a French mid-tier company ‘Aviation Design, will find inroads into the Indian market, the company said Sunday
Latvian New Law Allows Shooting Down Drones Spotted Over Military Bases
Latvian parliament has adopted amendments to the Law on aviation allowing the commanders to order forced landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle in order to protect the nations military interests. The move comes after numerous reports of Russian drones near Baltic States' borders, as well as warships and submarines near Latvia's...
India Requests For Predator C Combat Drones From US
India has requested for Predator C Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV) from the US. According to a defense journal, India Strategic, sources said, “The Predator C requirement has been mentioned at a very high level during Prime Minister Narendra Modis just-concluded visit to Washington
First Autonomous Passenger Drone Gets Testing Clearance
The worlds first autonomous passenger drone has been given clearance for testing in Nevada. The electric passenger drone Ehang 184 manufactured by Chinese Ehang can carry a person in the air for 23 minutes
DARPA Enters Phase II Of Multiple UAV Control Program
A US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to enable a single pilot to control several attack and surveillance unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) has entered phase two with the award of contracts to Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and six other companies. During Phase 2 of the program called Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE), DARPA plans conduct live flight tests with one or two live UASs augmented with several virtual aircraft
Dassault Aviation Presents Neuron UCAV demonstrator At Istres Air Show
Dassault Aviations nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle demonstrator was presented for the first time at an air show at Istres organized by the French Air Force. The presentation, which was carried out by the Dassault Aviation flight test center, lasted about 15 minutes
Airbus Showcases 3D-Printed Unmanned Aircraft, ‘THOR’ At Berlin Airshow
Airbus has presented a 3D-printed unmanned aircraft, ‘THOR at the Berlin Airshow. Windowless, weighing in at just 21 kilos (46 pounds) and less than 4 meters (13 feet) long, the drone Thor – short for "Test of High-tech Objectives in Reality" – resembles a large, white model airplane, AFP reported Sunday
US Army Tests Joint Air-to-Ground Missile From Gray Eagle UAV
The US Army last month conducted the trials of the Hellfire missile replacement, Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) from the drone for the first time. The JAGM was fired on May 25 from a Gray Eagle UAV, a variant of the US Predator platform, and hit a moving pickup truck at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
Insitu To Provide Six Blackjack Unmanned Aerial Systems To US Navy For...
Insitu has won a $71 million contract for six low-rate initial production Lot V RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft systems for the US Navy. This contract provides for the procurement of the air vehicles, ground control stations, launch and recovery equipment, shipboard equipment kits, and systems engineering and program management, the US department of defense said in a statement Wednesday
Kalashnikov to Unveil UAV Control System
Russian Zala Aero will exhibit its new small-scale real-time control system RCS-7 that can be used to control drones as well as any other robotic vehicles, including terrestrial and submerged ones during KADEX-2016 exhibition. The new control system works without an operating system
Russia Deploys New Pantsir-SMD Missile Systems
Poland Seals Major K2 Tank Deal with South Korea, Local Assembly to...
Russia Used Jet-Powered Geran UAV in Deadliest Attack on Kyiv Killing 32,
Fourth Chinese Type 075 Amphibious Assault Ship Joins Navy
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...