Faced with budgetary pressures after the Iraq campaign, the UK Ministry of Defence has halved its funding commitment to the Joint Unmanned Air Vehicle Experimentation Programme (JUEP) to £10 million ($18 million)for the 12 months from 1 April. Trials activity for the next year will include the launch and recovery of UAVs from naval vessels, says the JUEP.
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.
