The India Air Force (IAF) plans to procure up to eight aerostat radar platforms to boost low-level air and sea surveillance. A request for information (RFI) issued by the Ministry of Defense a few days ago seeks a batch of four, six or eight aerostat systems, which can be deployed at an altitude of 15,000 feet and above, have network-centric compatibility so that they can be integrated into the IAFs Air Command and Control System along with other assets and possess electronic warfare capabilities,
The recent revelation by former NSA contractor and Whistle-blower, Edward Snowden on UK assisting US National Security Agency in Spying Israeli drones shows the ease with which the program ‘Anarchist was carried out. This makes the nations who have bought or are in the process of buying Israeli attack drones vulnerable to spying from the US and the UK
Israel appears to have increased encryption across its drone fleet following spying by the UK as part of a US National Security Agency (NSA) led snooping program using a method similar to that used to protect the signals of subscriber-only TV channels. Israel also expanded encryption or scrambling of the feeds grabbed by UK's intelligence analysts based in the Greek Troodos mountains, showing up like the black-and-white snow on a TV screen
China has accused US of "undermining" peace and stability in the disputed South China Sea, where a US navy destroyer was found sailing across territorial waters of Xisha Islands on Saturday. The People's Liberation Army sent warnings and drove away a US navy destroyer intruding into Chinese territorial waters, the Ministry of National Defense was quoted as saying by Xinhua on Saturday
The US and UK intelligence secretly tapped into electronic feeds – including video – from Israels military drones and jet fighters to monitor military operations in Gaza. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has released a material which revealed that UK and US intelligence officials have been regularly accessing Israeli cockpit cameras even in the midst of operations in Gaza and Lebanon
L-3 Link has won a contract to build 34 new Predator Mission Aircrew Training System (PMATS) simulators for the US Air Force. “The US Air Forces and US Air National Guards requirements for MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper pilots and sensor operators continue to grow, and the skills needed to complete an expanding set of missions are increasingly complex,” Frank Casano, L-3 Links vice president of programs said in a statement Tuesday
Six Units of South Korean Army drones are said to have crashed while landing during an operational test last month, raising concerns over a possible setback for their full-scale deployment, military officials said Thursday. The accident of Uconsystem produced unmanned aerial vehicles, dubbed “Remoeye”, took place between Dec 7-9 at five frontline divisions during a test aimed at improving the operators skills, inflicting damages on the drones wings and propellers, the officials were quoted as saying The Korean Herald
Saab will deliver three UAV systems comprising of air vehicles equipped with day/night sensors and a ground station to the Swedish Police. The system also includes spare parts, consumables, documentation, training and technical support
The Indian Army may have taken more than 100 hours to eliminate six terrorists who infiltrated into the Pathankot air base, but it engaged the terrorists in firefights for only about 11 hours leading up to their killing. None of the soldiers involved in the firefight suffered any casualty and the army was able to block the terrorists from venturing close to where the Indian Air Force aircraft were parked
Lockheed Martin has won $54.3 million US Army contract to upgrade the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) on the AH-64E Apache helicopter, bringing color to the cockpit for the first time