OIS, French Firms Sign JVs For Aircraft Devices, UAV Manufacturing
Indian firm OIS Aerospace group today announced the two joint ventures with French companies Rafaut and LH Aviation for manufacturing advanced weapons-to-aircraft interface devices and multi-sensor tactical UAVs. The first JV with Rafaut will make 'pile-ons' for the fighter aircrafts to carry the weapons, besides conducting further research and developments to...
CAE, GA-ASI To Co-Develop Predator UAS Simulator For Italian Air Force
CAE announced today that it has won the contract from Italian Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness (DAAA) to develop and deliver upgrades and enhancements to a Predator Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Mission Trainer for the Italian Air Force. CAE and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) intend to co-develop a high...
UVision Unveils Precision Loitering Mini-UAVs at Paris Air Show 2015
UVision announced Monday that it has unveiled its full line of multi-operational BLOS (Beyond Line of Sight) precision loitering solutions for a range of operational scenarios at the Paris Air Show 2015. These systems integrate highly advanced stabilized Electro-Optics day/night cameras with low noise and thermal signature
IAI Completes Flight Demonstrations Of HAROP Munitions
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced on Sunday that recently it has completed a series of flight demonstrations of its HAROP Loitering Munitions in Israel. The demonstrations follow various other successful operational exercises performed in the last few months
Northrop Grumman Unveils Next-Gen Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Northrop Grumman announced Thursday that its subsidiary Remotec has unveiled the Andros FX(TM), a more capable and dexterous unmanned ground vehicle. The new unmanned ground vehicle is designed to defeat a wide range of threats, including vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED)
China Customs to Become World’s First Such Agency to Use Remotely Operated...
CybAero which designs and manufactures remotely operated choppers as completed tests of its remotely piloted helicopter systems to be supplied to China Customs for use from its new ships. The tests were performed with the Chinese shipyard that builds the ships for the end user
Russian Military begins Flight Training Of New Tachyon Drone
A division of Russian military have begun training flights of the new drone “Tachyon” on the Iturup Island of Sakhalin region. In future UAVs “Tachyon” will be involved in a constant bearing of duty in the area of the Kuril Islands, defencerussia reported Thursday
Aeronautics To Present New Unmanned System At Paris Air Show
Israel's Aeronautics announced Today that it will present Orbiter 1K, a loitering unmanned system, for the first time at the Paris Air Show. Orbiter 1K is based on the structure and properties of the Orbiter 2 - Aeronautics Renowned unmanned aerial vehicle
France, Germany, Italy Confirm Joint MALE Drone Development Program
France, Germany and Italy issued a joint statement to confirm their support for the implementation of MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) drone by 2025. The joint proposal was issued by the defense ministers of the three nations, French Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Ursula Von Der Leyen and Italian Roberta Pinotti and has officially announced to jointly conduct a developmental phase study of the drone
Russia To Develop New Home-made Drones For Transportation By 2025
The Russian military will focus on the production of hundreds of indigenous drones, which can be used for transportation. An United Industrial Corporation executive told RIA Novosti Monday that Russia has realized strategic and military benefits of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
China Offers Missile-Firing Drones To Jordan
China is offering to sell Jordan missile-firing drones to fight against Islamic State following the US delay to aid, Washington Times reported Friday. Jordan urgently needed drones as ISIL captured one of the F-16 pilots and burned him alive
China Plans To Produce 42,000 Drones
The Pentagon's annual report on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) revealed China's plan to produce nearly 42,000 land-based and sea-based unmanned weapons and sensor platforms. The report released on Friday added that apart from operating many armed and unarmed China drone aircraft, China is also developing long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence gathering as well as bombing attacks
Zelenskyy Rejects Any Ukraine Deal Without Kyiv Warns Against Territorial Concessions
Sikorsky Begins Assembling CH-53K Helicopter for Israel
Russian Source Says S-400 Systems Intercept Western Missiles Targeting Su-34, Su-35
Ukrainian Sniper Eliminates 2 Russian Soldiers from 4KM-New World Record Claimed
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...