A Hunter unmanned air vehicle has successfully air-dropped a Northrop Grumman Viper strike munition against a variety of armoured and soft ground targets. Viper is a rapid adaptation of the company's earlier acoustically guided BAT anti-tank mun- ition, developed for deployment in Iraq against urban targets.
Source: Flight International
Zephyr ultra-endurance air vehicle developer AALTO has secured a $100 million investment from a Japanese consortium including mobile services provider NTT DOCOMO.
Following its purchase by BAE Systems earlier this year, UK unmanned air vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Malloy Aeronautics is significantly boosting output and targeting continued growth.
UK drone manufacturer Marble Aerospace is considering the adoption of an innovative metallic 3D-printing process to produce the complete airframe of its MRB5 platform to drive performance enhancements.
