Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), from Skyways and PteroDynamics, sit on the flight deck of the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54), Jun. 25, 2024. (Image credit: US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jesse Monford) The responsibility of ferrying...
The TB-3 in flight. (Image credit: Baykar) The TB3 has so far logged 445 hours and 3 minutes of flight time during testing, with this being its 55th test flight. Turkey’s Bayraktar TB3 UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle), developed to operate...
The prototype of Manta Ray during the test campaign. (Image credit: Northrop Grumman) The video shows the prototype during in-water testing, performing some diving and resurfacing maneuvers as part of the submerged operations’ testing. After the first photos released last month,...
Satellite image showing the Su-57 pre and post-attack (Image credit: GRU) In a first, a Russian 5th gen. fighter was hit at Akhtubinsk airfield in Astrakhan Oblast. The damage has been confirmed by Russian sources too. Ukraine’s GUR, the Main Directorate...
Screengrab of the video footage from the quadcopter UAV seconds before it strikes the Magura V5 USV. (Image credit: Telegram). This is possibly the first documented case of a strike with an FPV drone targeting an unmanned surface vehicle. May 30,...
Grab from a clip showing the Bayraktar TB3 rolling before take off, with the ski-jump ramp seen on the next runway. (Image credit: X/Telegram). A naval version of the TB2 which can take off from short runways and has foldable wings,...
A screen grab of the beginning of the drone footage that appeared on Bilibili in March 2024. (Image source: Weibo/Telegram/X) A drone was able to fly close to aircraft carriers and warships at Yokosuka Naval Base, exposing security failures, while person...
An image of the Manta Ray during in-water testing off the coast of Southern California. This image shows, for the first time, the rear section of the UUV partly submerged (Northrop Grumman) We get a closer look a the Northrop Grumman...
The Chinese H-6 bomber carrying a possible drone below the fuselage. (Photo: Chinese internet via @RupprechtDeino) The bomber is possibly carrying the WZ-8 high altitude supersonic reconnaissance drone or the MD-22 reusable hypersonic drone. A low-res photo, possibly taken by a...
The first MQ-4C Triton arrived to Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, March 30, 2024. The MQ-4C’s arrival to the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations marks the second forward-deployed detachment for VUP-19. (Courtesy photo U.S. Navy) The MQ-4C’s arrival to the...
