The US Army is considering the purchase of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) Hunter unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems following its decision to transfer its existing Hunter systems to light fighting force units. The army bought seven Hunter systems in the early 1990s.
Source: Flight International
The maker of uncrewed aircraft received an additional $9 million from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to continue development work of the experimental Off-Board Sensing Station jet, believed to be the basis for General Atomics’ bid for an autonomous aircraft capable of supporting crewed fighters.
A US think tank contends that drones will be critical to defending Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack and makes several recommendations for developing this capability.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Lockheed Martin are incorporating a Net-Enabled Weapons (NEW) capability into the MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned air vehicle (UAV).
