Bell Helicopter is close to completing the manufacture of its first full-scale prototype HV-911 Eagle Eye vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle, and expects to fly the system this quarter. Eagle Eye will be delivered to the US Coast Guard from 2007, while a modified variant is on offer to European militaries.
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.
