DARPA Demos Aircraft, UAV Collision Avoidance System
The US Defence Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed the first flight tests of the integrated sense-and-avoid (SAA) system that is designed to enable manned and unmanned aircraft to automatically detect nearby aircraft and avoid potential mid-air collisions. An unmanned air vehicle (UAV) repeatedly used the technology demonstration system to...
Boeing Offers ScanEagle UAV for Indian Armed Forces Requirement
Boeing is pitching its ScanEagle UAV for an Indian Army, Navy and Air Force requirement of over 1000 mini Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV). The latest version of the ScanEagle mini-UAV has an in-flight launch and retrieval system where the UAV is mounted on another vertical take-off UAV and ejected when it...
India To Spend $3 Billion To Procure 5000+ UAVs In 10 Years
The Indian government has prepared a blueprint to spend nearly $3 billion for procuring more than 5000 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles over the next 10 years. “Only state-run Indian companies could get tenders, as the government has no immediate plan to directly involve foreign companies in the project
Indian Navy’s Heron Drone Crashes Due To Engine Failure
Indian Navys Heron unmanned aerial vehicle has crashed off the coast of Kerala Friday after suffering an engine failure. The UAV was on a routine mission when the incident happened, the Navy said
UK To Conduct Military Exercises Using Drones In October
The Royal Navy of UK will be conducting a NATO Joint Warriors exercise using the maritime autonomous systems in the autumn of 2016. The exercise “Robo-Wars”, to be held in Scotland in October, will focus mainly on the use of unmanned and autonomous maritime craft – both on the surface and...
Russian Eastern UAV Units Receive 5 Orlan-10 Drones
Russian UAV units of the Eastern MD located in the Sakhalin region received 5 Orlan-10 complexes. Orlan-10 UAVs are capable to operate during 18 hours and perform tasks at the altitude of dozens of meters to several thousand on transmitting the image to the operator in online mode
UAE Buys 8 Hammerhead Drones For $346 Million
The UAE has signed a €316 million ($346 million) contract to purchase eight Piaggio P.1HH Hammerhead unmanned aerial vehicles
Estonian Defense Industry To Showcase Military Products In UMEX-2016
Estonian Eli, Defendec and Milrem will showcase military products at UMEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi later this week. Defendec will be showcasing an autonomous and fully automated land border monitoring system Smartdec at the exhibition
Britain, France Sign 2 Billion Euro Combat Drone Project
France and Britain on Thursday inked a deal to invest more than two billion euros in the development of combat drones and will include BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation Following a two-year feasibility study begun in 2014, "we hope to proceed to the next phase in 2017 to prepare for the full-fledged development of operational demonstrators of air combat drones by 2025," AFP quoted the French government as saying in a statement. "This test programme, the most advanced in Europe, will be based on a platform of multi-purpose drones that could provide the basis for future operational capacity beyond 2030," it said
France, UK To Unveil $2.1 Billion Joint Drone Project
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Fracois Hollande will unveil a 1.5 billion pound ($2
Northrop Grumman Flies SYRES-2 Intelligence Gathering Sensor On Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman has flown a SYERS-2 intelligence gathering sensor on an RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance unmanned aircraft system (UAS). This is the first time the legacy U
China Sets Up Unit To Detect Low-Flying Drones
China has set up specialized unit to detect and deal with small Unmanned Aircraft (UAV) within its Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLA Air Force). Small, slow-moving drones flying at an altitude of less than 1000 meters will be the main focus for the unit to detect, the PLA Air Force said in a news release last week
Lockheed Martin-Rheinmetall’s GMARS Launcher Fires GMLRS in First Live Test
Australia Selects Japan's Mogami in $6B Frigates Buy
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France Tests Griffon Vehicle's Updated 'Murin' Surveillance Radar
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...