The US Army is to select an unmanned air vehicle next month for the extended-range/multipurpose mission, a surveillance task with an optional armed requirement. Two UAVs have completed demonstrations at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, with AAI and Sparta, flew the Predator B-based Warrior UAV. Northrop Grumman and Israel Aircraft Industries tested the Heron-derived Hunter II.
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.
