Bombardier has signed a contract with the Australian Department of Defence worth nearly A$2 million ($1.3 million) for the lease of two CL-327 Guardian rotary wing UAVs and one ground-control station. The two-month lease will support risk mitigation studies, supporting the Australian Army's Joint Project 129 requirement for an airborne surveillance system.
Source: Flight International
The UK has confirmed the early retirement of 17 Puma HC2 helicopters, 14 of its older Boeing CH-47 Chinooks and the Watchkeeper uncrewed air vehicle (UAV) in a bid to slash costs. Disclosing the move in a statement to the House of Commons on 20 November, defence secretary John Healey ...
A Baykar TB3 unmanned air vehicle has successfully taken off from and landed on Turkey’s sole aircraft carrier.
The Jetank heavy uncrewed aerial vehicle, produced by Chinese state aerospace corporation AVIC, can carry a full load of conventional armaments or be used to deploy so-called swarms of smaller drones.
