Russia Hugely Accelerating Drone Production
Russia has substantially accelerated production of drones - that of Orlan reconnaissance drones has gone up 53 times compared to last year while a new factory has been set up to meet exponential demand for Lancet loitering munitions. Kalashnikov concern said in a recent statement that it will multiply the production...
Turkey, Indonesia to Deepen Defense Cooperation
Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Hakan Fidan in Jakarta on July 15 where the two leaders discussed measures to deepen cooperation in the field of defense. "I see that there is still a lot of space and areas of defense...
U.S. Considering Military Options Against Russia for "Complicating" Anti-ISIS Efforts in Syria...
The United States is reportedly considering conducting military options to counter growing Russian activity in the skies over Syria. A Pentagon spokesman told the Associated Press (AP) the actions of Russian aviation "complicated efforts to strike the leader of the Islamic State group last weekend
DARPA Asks Northrop Grumman to Design Warship-Deployable Autonomous VTOL Aircraft
Defense Advanced Research Project Agencys (DARPA) awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to design an autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft system capable of operating from a moving Navy ship at sea. The AdvaNced airCraft Infrastructure-Less Launch And RecoverY (ANCILLARY) demonstrator will be designed as a cost-efficient, multiple-mission capable vehicle...
Russia to Set up Drone R&D Centre
Russias state-owned Rostec said its subsidiary Ruselectronics holding will create a research and production center to test the development of unmanned aerial systems in the Urals Federal District. It will develop promising products in the field of unmanned aircraft escort, and will also act as a “one-stop shop” for providing regional...
U.S. Drones Intercepted for Airspace Violation during Syria-Russia Exercise: Kremlin
Russia has accused the U.S
Ukraine to Present MINI SHARK UAV at Turkey’s IDEF Exhibition
Ukraines Ukrspecsystems will showcase its new MINI SHARK drone at the upcoming IDEF-2023 exhibition in Turkeys Istanbul (July 25-28). MINI SHARK has a wingspan of 2
Swiss Startup Reveals Ultra-Long-Range Hypersonic Hydrogen Airplane
Destinus debuted the latest demonstrator of an aircraft at the Paris Airshow that can connect New York and Paris in about 90 minutes! Founded in 2021, Destinus is headquartered in Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It has facilities and offices in Madrid, Munich, Toulouse and Paris
China Modifies Military Drones For Weather Monitoring Purpose
China has launched two all-new weather monitoring drones- the Haiyan I UAV and Haiyan II UAV on the basis of Wing Loong/Pterodactyl military-grade UAVs: Pterosaur-10 and Pterosaur-2. On June 28, Chinas National Mobile Observation Service took delivery of first of these drones
MQ-9A Flies with REAP Pod which Provides Communications Infrastructure during Natural Disasters...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) completed a flight demonstration of the Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads (REAP) Pod on an MQ-9A Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
Russia Develops Mobile Station to Suppress Long-range Ukrainian Drones
Russian specialists have developed Argus-Antifuria mobile electronic warfare station to suppress long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The jamming station was unveiled at the Special Gear exhibition running in Moscow on June 29-30
Russian firm Develops New Kamikaze Drone
Russias Unmanned Aviation Design Bureau has developed a portable, tube-launched loitering munition called Vector-120. "Engineering efforts and pilot production of individual units of the Vector-120 loitering munition are underway now," the design bureau told government-owned
DARPA-backed Startup Speeds Up Production for Radar, Electronic Warfare Amplifiers
Poland to Deploy 96 'Tarantula' Robots in New Unmanned Troop Units
U.K. Orders 1,500 Sig Sauer MCX Rifles for Royal Marines
Indonesia Eyeing Italy's Retired "Garibaldi" Aircraft Carrier, Harrier Jets
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U