Abu Dhabi is to establish a new investment company to fund the development of unmanned air vehicle technologies and provide in-service support to operational systems fielded by the United Arab Emirates armed forces.
Abu Dhabi UAV Investment will fund design, development, manufacturing and integration activities, and "act as the incubator for new unmanned systems programmes", the UAE government says.
Source: Flight International
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.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and BAE Systems have teamed up to demonstrate new electronic warfare (EW) capabilities via a datalink using the MQ-20 Avenger unmanned air vehicle.
