The ground test phase for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programme will bridge the gap between prototype design and flight, laying essential groundwork ahead of fielding the uncrewed aircraft.
The legislation outlined additional budget to enhance air, land and naval platforms, including next-generation air and uncrewed naval programmes.
The investment will bring together the Hybrid Drones and MBDA to enable the former to further develop its Hydra 400 UAV, previously showcased by the British Army.
Taiwan is strengthening its deterrence against the PLA through an asymmetric arsenal that includes fast mine-laying vessels and domestically developed UAVs.
Edge Autonomy has highlighted its advanced, silent electric propulsion and extended UAS endurance with propane fuel cells, designed to support SOF with crucial sensing and close air support capabilities.
AeroVironment has introduced the Puma VTOL kit, designed for plug-and-play integration into Puma 2 AE and Puma 3 AE small uncrewed aircraft systems.
27th July 2018
Microdrones has completed the first phase of its global expansion project with the opening of a new 22,000 sq ft facility in Siegen, Germany, as …
26th July 2018
UFA has delivered its ATTower tower simulator to the US Army Fort Huachuca’s Libby Army Airfield, the company announced on 19 July. UFA was awarded …
26th July 2018
DARPA has completed Phase 2 flight tests for its Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) programme, demonstrating advanced algorithms performing real-world tasks without human assistance. The programme …
25th July 2018
Northrop Grumman has delivered an EQ-4B Global Hawk UAS fitted with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) to the US Air Force fleet, the company …
24th July 2018
SeeByte has renewed all SeeTrack and Neptune licences currently used by the Royal Navy’s Maritime Autonomous Systems Trials Team (MASTT), the company announced on 18 …
24th July 2018
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has concluded performance testing of arresting hook Hold Down Damper (HDD) for its proposed MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling aircraft for …
24th July 2018
China has its heart set on large unmanned submarines that could be deployed worldwide, with an R&D; programme currently under way at the Chinese Academy …
23rd July 2018
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to support the development of a new tactical vertical takeoff …
23rd July 2018
Aaronia's AARTOS counter-UAS system was used by the Belgium Police to protect the 2018 NATO summit from rogue UAS threats. Various AARTOS systems were deployed …
23rd July 2018
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced its selection to provide its UAS to the Royal Netherlands Air Force, following consideration by the Ministry of Defence. …
20th July 2018
Studio speaks to Todd Probert, VP, Mission Support and Modernisation, Raytheon, about threats in the current civil airspace, including UAS, as well issues of congestion …
20th July 2018
UAVOS has completed a ten hour flight test of the solar powered SAT-I UAS carrying a 600g camera payload. SAT-i is designed to perform monitoring …
20th July 2018
The Counter-UAS High Energy Laser system from Raytheon was on display at Farnborough International Airshow 2018, mounted on a Polaris MRZR vehicle. Evan Hunt, BD …
19th July 2018
STM’s autonomous rotary-wing kamikaze Kargu UAS has successfully passed precision strike capability tests carried out at the Mechanical and Chemical Industry Company compound in Kırıkkale, …
19th July 2018
Textron Systems Unmanned Systems is to move its Nightwarden UAV flights to its Blackstone facility near Richmond, Virginia, to continue preparations ahead of any future …
19th July 2018
Esterline’s next-generation of ruggedised handheld controllers for the unmanned sector, and other domains, is on course to be market ready by autumn of this year. …
18th July 2018
Shipbuilder Metal Shark has teamed with ASV Global to introduce a new line of autonomous vessels called Sharktech. The ASVs will incorporate Metal Shark vessels …
18th July 2018
A grouping of three companies in Japan is exploring the feasibility of what they call ‘drone highways’ for logistics deliveries. The three firms – TEPCO …
18th July 2018
Fresh from the confirmation that the German armed forces will indeed operate the Heron TP UAV – despite protests by US-based General Atomics (GA-ASI) over …
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