US Air Force sources have confirmed that the General Atomics Predator unmanned air vehicle (UAV) was used to laser designate targets for combat aircraft in the Kosovo conflict, the first time that UAVs have been confirmed as designators for laser-guided munition carrying fast jets, although it is believed the Israelis have used UAVs in a similar role.
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.
