Schiebels Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) has completed qualification flights for the French Navy from 29 May to 3 June 2017. The flight trials were performed from the deck of the Bâtiment de Projection et de Commandement (BPC) Dixmude, the newest of the French Navys three Mistral class amphibious assault ships, the company announced Tuesday
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has successfully completed a firing trail with Long-Range Artillery weapon system (LORA) as the conclusive stage of several deals that involve the system. The experiment consisted of launching a long-range LORA missile to a pre-planned target
BIRD Aerosystems, in cooperation with Textron Inc., has displayed a unique surveillance special mission concept at the Paris Air Show in Textrons static
Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) has joined the Skunk Works Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) Recapitalization (Recap) team that currently includes Bombardier and Raytheon to deliver solution to the US Air Force. SNC, which previously qualified as a prime contractor candidate for the US Air Force's JSTARS Recap program, will perform modifications to Bombardier's Global 6000 aircraft, and will help obtain the necessary airworthiness certifications from the FAA and US Air Force, Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday This strategic partnership further enhances this industry team to provide a system that will drive cost-savings, schedule and performance efficiencies for the US Air...
The Spanish Defence Ministry (Ministerio de Defensa) has selected the AUDS counter-UAV system to protect critical assets and personnel from the growing threat posed by malicious unmanned aircraft systems or drones. The AUDS detect-track-identify-defeat counter-drone system was developed in 2015 by a consortium of UK defence companies including Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems
Rosoboronexport is set to export its top anti-missile defence system, S-400 Triumf almost simultaneously to Asian rivals India and China. Russias arms exporting monopoly Rosoboronexport expects to sign a contract with India 'soon' on the delivery of S-400 air defense missile systems, its chief executive Alexander Mikheyev said at the Paris Air Show 2017 on Wednesday
Lockheed Martin has won a $104 million contract from US Air Force to develop, produce and field a threat simulator for future combat aircrew training. The program, known as the Advanced Radar Threat System Variant 2 (ARTS-V2), will use radar threat emitters to simulate advanced medium-range surface-to-air missiles (SAM) to support legacy and 5th generation combat aircrew training requirements
Tata Powers Strategic Engineering Division (Tata Power SED) has won an order for a pilot project from India's Ministry of Home Affairs to supply Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) to Border Security Force (BSF). This order is an initial phase of the Border Management project of India's Ministry of Home Affairs to enable round the clock surveillance of Indian Borders, the company announced Wednesday
An American F-15 fighter jet shot down an Iranian-made armed drone in southern Syria early on June 20, the second such incident in two weeks. The US-led coalition said in a statement that an F-15E Strike Eagle jet destroyed the Shahed-129 drone around 12:30 am (2130 GMT) northeast of the Al-Tanaf garrison, which is close to the Jordanian border
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) last week announced its latest program that aims to develop advanced battle management, command and control tools and a comprehensive interactive virtual environment to test novel concepts for future expeditionary combat operations. The program, dubbed Prototype Resilient Operations Testbed for Expeditionary Urban Scenarios (PROTEUS), seeks to deliver a software platform for use on a tablet or other personal device that would enable dynamic and adaptive composition of battlefield elements—including dismounted forces, vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), manned aircraft, and other available assets—simultaneously across multiple command levels as the fight is evolving, the press...