- Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Defence Procurement
- Attack Helicopters
- Turkish National Police (TNP) Helicopter Project Bid
- Info about PG-7VR ( The RPG-7 charge )
- Modernizing America's Nukes?
- Iran to Unveil Home-Made Cobra Chopper
- Alternatives to the US Navy's LCS program
- UAS / UAV / Airborne (ISR) Solution
- UK sends nuclear submarine to Malvinas amid rising tensions with Argentina
- N.K April Failed Satellite Launch, could we have knocked it down??
Latest Military Pictures
Defense Forum Topics
Post Tagged with: "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle"
Taiwan Developing Unmanned Aircraft: Defense Minister
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s defence ministry said Tuesday it was developing an unmanned surveillance aircraft, showing that the island’s arms race with China has not ended despite improving ties. Yu Sy-tue, spokesman for defence minister Kao Hua-chu, told AFP that the island’s military-run Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology near Taipei has started research on drones, [...]
Japan may buy US drones: report
Tokyo: Japan’s Defence Ministry is looking to buy three US-made Global Hawk spy drones to help monitor China’s military movements and North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes, a report said Monday. Japan hopes to use the camera-equipped unarmed aircraft to boost the officially pacifist nation’s intelligence-gathering capabilities, watch remote islands and monitor suspicious ships in [...]
IAI Unveils Small Tilt-rotor UAV for Tactical Missions
BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will unveil its new revolutionary tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for tactical missions, the Panther, at the Latrun Conference in Israel, October 5-7, 2010. The Panther will be exhibited for the first time internationally at the Association of the United States Army’s (AUSA) 2010 Annual Meeting [...]
First Fire-X Medium-Range Vertical Unmanned System Powers Up
SAN DIEGO: Northrop Grumman Corporation and Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, have moved a significant step closer to being able to offer military users a vertical unmanned system that can ferry cargo — either internally or externally — over extended distances. On Sept. 17, the team applied external power for the first time to the [...]
British UAV Flies Without Flaps or Control Surfaces
Cumbria, UK: A British designed unmanned air vehicle (UAV) which showcases a wide range of new technologies has successfully demonstrated ‘flapless flight’ in the UK. The UAV, called DEMON, made the historic flight from an airfield at Walney Island in Cumbria on Friday 17 September. Developed by Cranfield University, BAE Systems, and nine other UK [...]
New Reaper Aircraft Provides Extra Support to Operations in Afghanistan
An extra Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft has arrived in Afghanistan, increasing support to troops. This latest addition to the Royal Air Force’s Reaper fleet will allow 39 Squadron to fly multiple Reaper aircraft at any one time over Afghanistan. A total of 36 hours of video surveillance can now be delivered in support of troops on [...]
Germany Upgrades Fox Transport Vehicles, Buys More Heron UAVs
By upgrading the Bundeswehr’s fleet of armoured vehicles and making unmanned aircraft available, Rheinmetall continues to make an important contribution to safeguarding German soldiers during deployed operations. Multi-million modernization of 65 Fuchs/Fox armoured vehicles By 2012, Rheinmetall will have modernized 65 of the Bundeswehr’s Fuchs/Fox armoured transport vehicles, significantly improving their level of protection. The [...]
Global Hawk UAV arrives in Guam
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam: Airmen here celebrated the arrival of the RQ-4 Global Hawk to Guam during a ceremony Sept. 20. The Global Hawk brings significant capabilities to the Pacific theater, which will benefit the 36th Wing, Pacific Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Command, and regional partners, said Gen. Gary North, the PACAF commander. “Having [...]
EADS Resumes Flight Tests of Barracuda UAV
In a further test series comprising four flights, EADS Defence & Security (DS) has again successfully tested the technology demonstrator ‘Barracuda’ at Goose Bay Air Force Base in Canada. Advanced technologies and new procedures have successfully passed new tests under realistic conditions. As part of the flight tests, DS particularly checked the Sense & Avoid [...]
