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Australia Purchases MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drones

December 7, 2019 @ 07:25 AM

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has contracted General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) for the supply of MQ-9B SkyGuardian Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) under the country's Project Air 7003
BAE to Develop Software For Multi-domain Mission Planning for DARPA

December 4, 2019 @ 12:35 PM

The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has entered into an agreement with BAE Systems to develop software that will enable semi-autonomous multi-domain mission planning. Dubbed Multi-domain Adaptive Request Service (MARS), the technology will be designed for military operators to leverage battlespace resources from across various domains, such as space, air, land, and sea, for more effective, efficient missions, the company said in a statement Tuesday
Raytheon to Develop Bomb-detection Sensors from Bacteria

November 20, 2019 @ 10:00 AM

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has contracted Raytheon to create a new method for detecting buried explosives, using bacteria as sensors. Raytheon and partner Worcester Polytechnic Institute will program two bacterial strains to monitor ground surfaces for explosive materials, the company said in a
General Atomics, Hellenic AF to Conduct Maritime Surveillance Demo Using MQ-9 Drones

November 12, 2019 @ 11:24 AM

General Atomics and Hellenic Air Force (HAF) will conduct a series of demonstration flights of MQ-9 drones to showcase its surveillance and drone countermeasures capabilities to the European countries, in December. “Flights will base out of the HAFs site in Larissa and use a MQ-9 Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to showcase maritime surveillance capabilities, as well as a Detect and Avoid (DAA) system that enables RPA to fly safely in civil airspace alongside manned aircraft,” General Atomics said in a statement Monday
India’s HAL to Develop Prototype of Upgraded Su-30MKI Jet

November 8, 2019 @ 09:11 AM

Indias state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is poised to develop the prototype of upgraded Su-30MKI fighter featuring advanced radars, weapons and more, with assistance from Russia. In what could be the countrys largest upgrade program with all of Indias 272 Sukhois set to be modernised, sources told
US Predator Drones Log Over 6 Million Flight Hours

November 6, 2019 @ 11:03 AM

General Atomics Predator series of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) which includes the Predator, Predator B, Gray Eagle, Avenger and MQ-9B SkyGuardian lines, surpassed six million flight hours on October 31. The aircraft completed 430,495 total missions with close to 90% of those missions flown in combat, the company said in a
Iran's New Hand-launched Drone has Electronic Warfare Capability

October 31, 2019 @ 08:40 AM

An upgraded version of Farpad hand-launched drone that was inducted into the Iranian Armys Ground Forces, has electronic warfare capabilities. “Farpad is equipped with autopilot and portable ground control station
DARPA to Trial AI-based Dogfight Technology

October 28, 2019 @ 08:48 AM

Artificial Intelligence (AI) based technology designed to take over low-level maneuvering tasks from fighter pilots. The first two trials will take place November 2019 and January 2020 near Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, which is developing and managing the simulation air environment for the AlphaDogfight Trials
Iran Unveils High Speed Attack Boats

October 10, 2019 @ 04:56 AM

Iran unveiled speedboats that can attain a top speed of 90 knots (167 kmph) on Wednesday. "Today, marine vessels that cruise at 90knots/h will be unveiled," said Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, according to local media
DARPA Completes Preliminary Design Review of Ground-launched Hypersonic Weapon's Booster

October 9, 2019 @ 04:29 PM

DARPA has completed preliminary design review of a new ground-launched hypersonic weapons system being developed under Operational Fires (OpFires) program. OpFires aims to develop and demonstrate a ground-launched hypersonic weapon system to engage critical, time-sensitive targets in contested environments

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