All Military UAVs articles – Page 28
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DARPA’s multi-modal ‘LongShot’ missile programme awards design contracts
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded preliminary design contracts for its LongShot programme, a concept that envisions an air-launched unmanned air vehicle carrying and firing multiple smaller air-to-air missiles.
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SkyGuardian’s UK visit to showcase Protector, maritime capabilities
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will deploy a company-owned and -operated MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air vehicle to the UK in July.
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Northrop Grumman demos wide-area submarine tracking with MQ-8C
Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the ability to conduct wide-area multistatic acoustic search for a submarine using its MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter.
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HAL unveils ambitious air-teaming system centred on Tejas
Source: Atul Chandra A two-seat Tejas Light Combat Aircraft will form the centerpiece of CATS (Combat Air Teaming System)
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AH-64E Apache teams with two UAVs to identify, attack target
An Apache AH-64E, a Textron Shadow RQ-7BV2 Block 3 tactical UAV and a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range UAV successfully worked together to carry out an air-to-ground missile attack at Dugway Proving Ground in October.
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Bell cargo drone demonstrates autonomous package delivery in residential area
Bell recently demonstrated its Autonomous Pod Transport 70 (APT 70) cargo drone autonomously delivering a package over a 4mi (6.44km) preprogrammed route in north Texas.
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Spirit team to fly LANCA loyal wingman demonstrator for UK
The UK Ministry of Defence has picked one bidder to advance its lightweight affordable novel combat aircraft (LANCA) concept to flight-test status by the end of 2023.
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IAI to provide two Heron Mk IIs to Central Asian country
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has secured deals to provide two Heron Mk II unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to an unnamed country in Central Asia.
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Stealthy Fifth-Generation Aerial Target lost due to in-flight mishap
The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation’s stealthy Fifth-Generation Aerial Target (5GAT) was lost to an in-flight mishap in October.
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General Atomics demos MQ-9’s anti-submarine tracking capability
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems successfully tracked a small submersible target for 3h using 10 sonobuoys dropped from an MQ-9 UAV.
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General Atomics, Leonardo to work on Seaspray integration with MQ-9B
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will integrate the Leonardo Seaspray radar into the MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned air vehicle’s centreline radar pod, and has also integrated Lockheed Martin’s Legion pod onto its Avenger platform.
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AeroVironment to add larger group 2 and 3 UAVs with $405m acquisition of Arcturus
So far, AeroVironment’s products were almost entirely group 1 UAVs, weighing 9.07kg or less.
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CASIC claims maiden flight of long-range WJ-700 UAV
The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) appears to have conducted the maiden sortie of the WJ-700 unmanned air vehicle (UAV).
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General Atomics’ Avenger to be used as Skyborg testbed
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems received a contract from the US Air Force (USAF) to modify two of its company-owned Avenger unmanned air vehicles (UAV) with Skyborg autonomy technology.
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China uses Wing Loong II variant for weather modification work
China has deployed a variant of the AVIC Wing Loong II unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to help create precipitation in the country’s arid west. The UAV, designated Ganlin-1, is equipped to modify weather through cloud seeding, according to a report by official news agency Xinhua. Source: Xinhua The ...
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Teledyne to buy FLIR Systems for $8bn to grow sensor business
Teledyne has signed an agreement to acquire FLIR Systems for about $8 billion worth of cash and stock.
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Northrop operates RQ-4 with modernised control station
Northrop Grumman has completed the first flight of an RQ-4 Global Hawk using a modernised ground control station for the unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The new ground control station features new displays, the ability to operate all Global Hawk variants without software or configuration changes, simpler maintenance, as well as ...
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Boeing Australia pushes ‘loyal wingman’ maiden flight to 2021
The Boeing Australia Airpower Teaming System loyal wingman aircraft is moving closer to its maiden flight after completing its first high-speed taxi test.
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US Air Force deploys first automated quadcopter for base security
The US Air Force has deployed its first automated unmanned air vehicle security system for an airbase.
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Boeing flies MQ-25 with aerial refuelling pod for first time
Boeing has flown its MQ-25A test asset (T1) with an aerial refuelling store under its wing for the first time.