Contract Israeli manufacturer Aeronautics Defence Systems has won a $260 million contract to supply unmanned air vehicles and unmanned patrol boats to Nigeria. Avi Leumi, president of Aeronautics, says the contract includes Aerostar UAV systems worth $100 million, which will be equipped with Controp advanced optical payloads.
Source: Flight International
In a first of its kind flight, a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gray Eagle short take-off and landing uncrewed aircraft has launched from a South Korean amphibious assault ship, the equivalent of a light aircraft carrier
As part of the evaluation, the navy controlled a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed aerial vehicle using the Lockheed Martin control station that will be installed in the service’s fleet of aircraft carriers.
To land aboard US Navy aircraft carriers, Boeing’s unmanned MQ-25 Stingray tanker jet will make use of the Joint Precision Approach Landing System – a technology originally deployed to autonomously land Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters.
