More than 100 hours of physical flight have taken place since the first flight of MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed aerial system (UAS) four years ago and this has been underpinned by approximately 20,000 hours of flying the digital twin.
The $29.9 million agreement covers the delivery of 48 platforms.
Ongoing military operations in Europe and the Middle East have accelerated the development of a variety of systems to defeat uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).
The use of uncrewed vessels and vehicles has been crucial so far, but the Commander of the Estonian Navy warns against inflating their importance.
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.
2nd November 2016
October’s Unmanned Warrior 2016 demonstration saw a live submarine detected, reported and tracked by a network of persistent USVs for the first time. The USVs …
2nd November 2016
Indonesia’s Basarnas national SAR agency is seeing its investment in unmanned technologies pay off, with the new systems now proving themselves on operations. The outfit, …
2nd November 2016
Beijing-based Zhong Hang Zhi Technology (ZHZ) exhibited a new coaxial dual-rotor UAV dubbed the T333 at the biennial 11th Zhuhai Air Show, along with an …
2nd November 2016
There was absolutely no shortage of businesses hawking a bewildering array of UAVs at the 11th Zhuhai Air Show in China. Quadrant Space (Tianjin) Technology, …
2nd November 2016
The Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) is displaying its LSU-02, LSU-03 and LSU-05 UAVs for the first time at Indo Defence 2016, the exhibition …
1st November 2016
California-based unmanned systems designer and manufacturer Flycam UAV is continuing its nuclear test programme with the US Nuclear Corp, while also eyeing future developments in …
1st November 2016
Octopus ISR Systems and SkyIMD have signed a strategic partnership agreement that will see SkyIMD integrate the Epsilon range of gimbals into its pods for …
1st November 2016
CETC Avionics unveiled an unusual UAV at the 11th biennial Zhuhai Air Show, this being dubbed the Mysterious Bee hybrid quadcopter. The UAV is a …
1st November 2016
AeroVironment will provide the Netherlands Ministry of Defence with small UAS, upgrades and support services under a contract announced on 31 October. The contract will …
31st October 2016
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the first high-altitude, high-speed fixed-wing UAV available for export by China at the 11th Zhuhai Air Show, …
31st October 2016
The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled its AV500W unmanned helicopter at the 11th Zhuhai Air Show, being held this week in southern China …
28th October 2016
Israeli Air Force Heron 1 UAS have begun conducting naval patrols in response to an operational need to improve border protection in the country. The …
27th October 2016
Fresh from demonstrating its AQS-24B mine hunting systems at the Unmanned Warrior exercise, manufacturer Northrop Grumman said the capability is just about ready for deployment. …
26th October 2016
DARPA's Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) has sailed with a prototype sensor mast developed under its Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems …
26th October 2016
As the use of unmanned vessels in the maritime domain increases, the next major challenge for industry and navies will be how these vehicles collaborate …
25th October 2016
Cornwall Airport Limited is continuing its effort to establish a temporary danger area and flight corridor to allow access to a nearby drone test site. …
25th October 2016
Silent Falcon UAS Technologies and MicroPilot have conducted a number of demonstration flights of the Silent Falcon UAS as part of NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft System …
25th October 2016
Lockheed Martin UK, UTC Aerospace Systems and Silicon Sensing all pledged support for the proposed Mayflower 400 unmanned autonomous vessel on 24 October, hours after …
24th October 2016
Last week at Euronaval the UK and France signed an agreement to continue development of the maritime mine countermeasure (MCM) programme to produce an unmanned …
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