All Military UAVs articles – Page 320
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UKMoD enters MALD talks
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is "involved in discussions" with Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical Systems and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) over potential participation in the Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD) programme. The MALD is a small, jet-powered unmanned air vehicle, which will be launched as ...
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UK funds Tornado replacement study
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to launch the feasibility study for the replacement of its Panavia Tornado GR4s. The French defence ministry is also funding elements of the project in a clear indication that it has an embryonic requirement for a strike aircraft to complement the Dassault Rafale. ...
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South Koreans are ready to sign up for A3XX risk-share
Airbus Industrie hopes to conclude its first risk-sharing agreement on the 500- to 800-seat A3XX later this month, with all four South Korean aerospace manufacturers taking a share of development and manufacture of the aircraft. The consortium's large-aircraft division senior vice-president, Jurgen Thomas, says that a deal including ...
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Teledyne Ryan plans first engine runs of Global Hawk reconnaissance UAV
The Global Hawk Tier II Plus high-altitude reconnaissance platform was expected to have its first engine runs in the week beginning 16 December, as part of final preparations for completion in January and roll-out in early February 1997. The Global Hawk, with its 35.4m wingspan, was originally scheduled ...
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Indian army prepares to test new UAV
The Indian Army is to start user trials of a new unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV) in 1997, following the completion of a series of tests by the Indian Aeronautical Development Establishment. The Nishant, which has a composite airframe, is claimed to have an endurance of around 5h, a range of ...
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Safety fears put back UAV's first flight tests
The first flight of the Alliant Techsystems Outrider tactical unmanned air vehicle (TUAV) has been delayed by a month because of safety concerns. The US Department of Defense's UAV Joint Programme Office says: "The delay is primarily to allow additional risk-mitigation efforts to ensure a safe first flight." ...
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Sikorsky supports BD-10 unmanned target for USN
Sikorsky has agreed to provide financial support to Monitor Jet, which plans to produce the Bede BD-10 jet-powered kitplane in Canada as a low-cost trainer and unmanned target drone. The agreement, to provide manufacturing and marketing support, is part of Sikorsky's bid to win the Canadian Search-and-rescue Helicopter programme. ...
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Falcon rejuvenated
Graham Warwick/FORT WORTH and Guy Norris/EDWARDS AFB FIGHTER PILOTS use "check six" as slang for a look back to ensure that the enemy is not approaching from behind. It is also the motto of the Lockheed Martin F-16A/B mid-life update (MLU) programme - signifying a look back to ...
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Boeing wins airborne-laser battle-
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTONDC A BOEING-LED TEAM has been selected by the US Air Force to develop and flight test an Airborne Laser (ABL) designed to shoot down short- and medium-range ballistic missiles during their boost phase. The Boeing Defense and Space Group team was awarded a $1.1 ...
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Outrider recovery
BRS of St Paul, Minnesota, is to produce a parachute-recovery system for Alliant Techsystems' Outrider unmanned air-vehicle (UAV), which forms a part of the US Department of Defense's $53 million Tactical UAV advanced concept technology demonstration programme. Source: Flight International
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Heron tests
The Israeli defence forces are to begin testing long-endurance, high-altitude, unmanned air vehicles for missions, which are now carried out by crewed aircraft. The tests will involve the Israel Aircraft Industries Malat Heron being operated with payloads such as surveillance radars, long-range oblique cameras and electronic-warfare packages. The Heron is ...
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Alenia
Alenia and Lockheed Martin signed a preliminary agreement covering the development of the C-27J Spartan derivative of the G222 in February 1996. This is a substantial upgrade of the basic aircraft, with considerably improved avionics and modified engines. The project is, however, dependent on it being included as part of ...
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Phoenix fix boosts GEC plans
Douglas Barrie/LONDON GEC and Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) are in talks over potential teaming arrangements covering future unmanned- air-vehicle (UAV) projects. GEC's long-term plans to meet UAV requirements received a fillip with the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) decision to proceed with the ú250 million ($390 ...
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Israel examines solar-spy air vehicles
SOLAR-POWERED unmanned-air-vehicles (UAVs), are being developed by Israeli companies for use on intelligence-gathering and early-warning missions. The Israeli ministry of defence is financing part of the development. The effort is classified, but some information emerged when Aero Design & Development released details of a solar-powered UAV which successfully ...
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E-8 JSTARS needs improvement, say USAF evaluators
Northrop Grumman's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) requires "significant improvements" to meet its performance requirements, says a US Air Force test report. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has approved production of 19 JSTARS aircraft despite an operational-evaluation report, which is critical of the system's capability (Flight ...
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Rockwell delivers first quartz navigator for use on Outrider
ROCKWELL HAS delivered the first navigation processor for Alliant Techsystems' Outrider unmanned air-vehicle (UAV) - using the smallest inertial sensor commercially available. The processor has Rockwell's digital quartz inertial-measurement-unit (DQI) and reduces cost by using data from the global-positioning-system (GPS) receiver which is part of the UAV's automated ...
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MDC has designs on replacing Lockheed Martin's Hercules
McDONNELL Douglas's (MDC's) Phantom Works has begun design work on a replacement for the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules to meet the US Air Force's projected need for an Advanced Theater Transport beyond 2020. The tilt-wing design has emerged from the company's advanced transportation group at the Phantom Works ...
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Kaman flies SH-2G composite blades
Kaman Aerospace says it has successfully flight-tested second-generation composite main rotor blades (CMRB2s) for its SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter. The CMRB2s are designed for improved durability and lower life-cycle costs, compared with existing metal blades. "Flight tests indicate that the CMRB2 'rotor' has four-times the life of a ...
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ASTOR rivals come clean with solutions
The competition to provide the UK's Airborne Stand-off Radar (ASTOR) requirement for the next 30 years hotted up yesterday at Farnborough as the two major protagonists - Raytheon and Lockheed Martin - came clean for the first time about their individual solutions. The decisions will intensify what is already ...
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Future is looking bright for French
The French are at Farnborough in force, riding the momentum of a general upturn in the aerospace industry's fortunes. The mood among the 28 major companies occupying more than 1,300m2 in Hall 1 under the Gifas banner, and in a number of chalets, is one of optimism as they ...