The production of the first MQ-28 Block 2 aircraft progresses ahead of the first flight later this year, while testing of the Block 1 continues both in Australia, at the Woomera Range Complex, and in the United States, reportedly at the...
The new Electric Launch System for Unmanned Aircraft allows UAS operations on a variety of vessels, including aircraft carriers, destroyers and expeditionary sea bases. General Atomics has unveiled a new “Electric Launch System for Unmanned Aircraft” to be installed on a...
The internal launch, the first ever by a Turkish aircraft, demonstrated the ANKA III’s ‘ability to perform stealth strikes by maintaining a low Radar Cross Section (RCS) until the strike moment.’ Turkey’s ANKA III UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) released a...
Scheduled to fly in mid 2025, Leonardo has unveiled an updated design of its Proteus rotary wing uncrewed aerial system demonstrator for the UK Ministry of Defence. Proteus is the culmination of a £60 million contract awarded in 2022 to Leonardo...
Just a few years ago, it was a real novelty to see a drone flying in the sky. Nowadays, drones are everywhere, from industrial applications flying above construction sites and solar farms to soaring through the air at record-breaking speeds in...
I remember the excitement I felt when I purchased my first DJI drone, a Phantom 3 Standard, in 2015. Back then, all you needed was a drone and the courage to take off if you wanted to be a drone pilot....
Air Force Materiel Command’s Col. Timothy M. Helfrich broke down what might constitute the Increment 1 and Increment 2 of the CCAs, describing how the service is changing the procurement of the unmanned assets to meet costs and schedule while adapting...
The Gray Eagle STOL was transported onto the Dokdo disassembled a week earlier and, after a week of testing, performed the type’s first flight from ship to land. The drone is the production variant of the Mojave demonstrator already tested on...
The FPV drone flown from the patrol vessel makes it ‘harder for operators to pilot’ the UAV while the USVs ‘change course and speed.’ FPV drone operators thus “require practical skills.” The RuMoD (Russian Ministry of Defense) has shown a FPV...
Screenshot of the video from Turkish Aerospace Industries carrying the Teber-82 guidance kit on a MK-82 bomb on the left wing hardpoint. (Image credit: TAI) The ANKA III was ‘airborne’ with a Teber-82 guided munition mounted on its left wing. TAI...
