US sources say the South Korean Navy is the previously undisclosed customer in a $22 million deal for an AAI Shadow 400 tactical UAV system. The company will provide a single ship-based Shadow 400 system with multiple air vehicles, a control station and a hydraulic launcher. Last year, AAI was awarded an initial $41 million US Army contract for four Shadow 200 tactical UAV systems.
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.
