The Swiss air force has received its Ranger unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems, and opened a new UAV training system at Emmen. The systems are made by a Swiss/Israeli consortium, including Israel Aircraft Industries' Malat arm,Oerlikon Contraves, RUAGAerospace, Tadiran Electronic Systems and Tadiran Spectralink. The Swiss purchased four systems, including four ground stations, 28 UAVs, secure communications, electro-optical payloads and automatic landing systems.
Source: Flight International
The maker of uncrewed aircraft received an additional $9 million from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to continue development work of the experimental Off-Board Sensing Station jet, believed to be the basis for General Atomics’ bid for an autonomous aircraft capable of supporting crewed fighters.
A US think tank contends that drones will be critical to defending Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack and makes several recommendations for developing this capability.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Lockheed Martin are incorporating a Net-Enabled Weapons (NEW) capability into the MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned air vehicle (UAV).
