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Turkey’s ‘Aksungur’ UAV hits Target 30 km Away with New Indigenous Missile

April 25, 2021 @ 05:09 PM

Turkeys ‘Aksungur medium-altitude, long-endurance drone hit a test target 30 km away with a new domestically made missile, Chairperson of the Defense Industries Presidency (SSB) Ismail Demir announced Sunday. The new projectile, named KGK-SIHA-82, weighs 340 kilograms (750 pounds), and was fired by the UAV the first time, Ismail Demir wrote...

U.S. Approves $1.6 Billion Weapons-Ready MQ-9B Drone Sale to Australia

April 24, 2021 @ 03:17 AM

The U.S

Embraer Agrees to Develop Drones for Brazilian Air Force

April 23, 2021 @ 04:21 PM

Embraer will be developing advanced unmanned aircraft systems under an agreement signed with the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) today. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) establishes a cooperation for the study and evaluation of the necessary capabilities for the conceptual design and development of advanced unmanned aircraft system to meet FABs needs,...

Turkish Akinci Drone’s First Firing of Roketsan Smart Munitions

April 23, 2021 @ 02:44 PM

Turkeys Akinci combat drone has for the first time fired MAM laser-guided smart munitions manufactured by Roketsan. On Thursday, Selcuk Bayraktar, chief technology officer (CTO) tweeted that Akinci hit its target accurately

U.S. Army Orders more Switchblade 300 Systems

April 23, 2021 @ 07:15 AM

Aerovironment said it won a U.S

MQ-9 Reaper Makes First Flight with Electronic Support Measure Payload

April 22, 2021 @ 06:39 PM

The MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has flown for the first time equipped with the Reaper Defense Electronic Support System (RDESS). The U

Navy Asks Raytheon to Repair MQ-4C Triton Aircraft

April 21, 2021 @ 05:59 AM

Raytheon won $10.5 million to repair MQ-4C Triton aircraft operated by the U

New Russian Factory to Make ‘Inokhodet’ Attack Drone, Seen as Competitor to...

April 17, 2021 @ 11:31 AM

Russian privately owned drone manufacturer, Kronstadt has announced the construction of a plant for the manufacture of ‘Inokhodet attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) similar to General Atomics ‘Predator. Its factory is coming up in the city of Dubna in the Moscow region

Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk Makes First Flight

April 17, 2021 @ 06:40 AM

A RQ-4B Global Hawk high-altitude, remotely-piloted, surveillance aircraft built for Japan made its first flight on April 15. “The unarmed RQ-4B Global Hawk will provide Japan with on-demand intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information supporting the Japan Air Self-Defense Forces missions of protecting borders, monitoring threats and providing humanitarian assistance in times of need,” said Jane Bishop, vice president and general manager, autonomous systems, Northrop Grumman

Russia'a New Quadcopter Drone is Immune to Radio-Jamming

April 16, 2021 @ 04:41 AM

Russias ZALA Aero unveiled a new quadcopter drone that is claimed to be immune to radio-jamming and other electronic attacks. "We have integrated a solution on this copter that allows conducting a flight in a complete radio silence mode

Russia’s ZALA Aero Unveils Tilt-rotor, hybrid-power Drones

April 15, 2021 @ 01:28 PM

Russias ZALA Aero (Kalashnikov Group Subsidiary) today unveiled three new small drones- a tilt-rotor, a hybrid engine 12-hour endurance drone and a quadcopter at the ZALA EXPO exhibition in Moscow. The first is the ZALA 421-24 of a quadrocopter type