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Drone attack targets Kurdish Iraq's Arbil airport

Apr 14, 2021 (AFP)

"A drone charged with TNT targeted a coalition base at Arbil's airport," the ministry said, adding that no one was hurt in the blast but a building was damaged....

First universal UAV optimized for both payload and distance shows best-in-class results

Apr 09, 2021 (SPX)

The hybrid patented design combines the best elements of drones on the market - it provides the take-off and landing maneuverability of multirotor drones, and t...

Northrop Grumman's optionally-manned Firebird demonstrates operational flexibility

Apr 07, 2021 (SPX)

The company flew Firebird almost 9,000 miles around the US with stops in Dayton, Ohio; Washington DC; Patuxent River, Maryland; as well as Tampa, Miami and Key ...

York Space Systems Announces Successful Test of Autonomous Operations Upgrade

Apr 07, 2021 (SPX)

York's first production spacecraft and mission operations center just surpassed two years on orbit and served as the operational platform to complete testing. I...

Real life laboratory for research into and testing of unmanned aerial systems

Apr 07, 2021 (SPX)

"The opening of the National Experimental Test Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems at our Cochstedt site heralds the launch of a facility that is unique in Eur...

AFRL Completes XQ-58A Valkyrie Flight and Payload Release Test

Apr 06, 2021 (SPX)

This test, conducted in partnership with Kratos UAS and Area-I, demonstrated the ability to launch an ALTIUS-600 small, unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) from the...

Martin UAV unveils V-BAT 128

Mar 31, 2021 (SPX)

Martin UAV previously demonstrated its upgraded version of the V-BAT featuring an increase in power, payloads and endurance at the Army Expeditionary Warrior Ex...

Citadel Defense wins $5M counter drone contract from DoD

Mar 31, 2021 (SPX)

Christopher Williams, CEO of Citadel Defense, says, "Our team is honored to support the military's efforts by bringing effective and easy-to-use CUAS capabiliti...

Shadowy drone programme gives Yemen rebels regional reach

Mar 26, 2021 (AFP)

While Riyadh has been locked in a hunt for an elusive enemy, the guerrillas have made great strides in developing unmanned aerial vehicles that have become thei...

Northrop Leonardo team up for UAV pitch for Australian Navy

Mar 26, 2021 (SPX)

"Northrop Grumman brings decades of unmatched expertise delivering and sustaining unmanned and manned aerial systems for customers in Australia and across the g...

Changes for military in Hawaii include additional unmanned aerial vehicles

Mar 24, 2021 (UPI)

"The developing abilities of near-peer competitors drive the need for increased naval capability distributed over a wider area," a 40-page "Unmanned Campaign Fr...

After big wins, interest in Turkish combat drones soars

Mar 19, 2021 (AFP)

Besides their proven ability to take out enemy tanks, analysts said drones also offer Turkey a chance to beef up its spheres of influence through an increasingl...

Navy plan for MQ-25A unmanned aircraft clears last hurdle

Mar 17, 2021 (UPI)

The final environmental assessment indicated that no significant impact of having up to 20 Stingray CBUAS -- carrier-based unmanned air vehicles -- based at Poi...

Korea Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems to Cooperate on Next-Gen UAS Solution for ISTAR Missions

Mar 17, 2021 (SPX)

The cooperation will address potential UAS programs for the Korean Defense Forces, as well as additional global customers. The companies will cooperate to devel...

LMT collaborates with Dimetor to enable connectivity in VLL airspace

Mar 16, 2021 (SPX)

A critical component of the research conducted by the two pertains to addressing the challenges of communication and safety related to BVLOS (beyond the visual ...

Navy, Marines to focus on increasing drone infrastructure

Mar 16, 2021 (UPI)

In addition to drone-specific infrastructure plans, the 40-page Unmanned Campaign Plan includes plans to incentivize rapid development and testing of unmanned s...

Windhover Labs introduces US-Made drone flight computer

Mar 12, 2021 (SPX)

This new line of flight computers was created with hardware and software developed in the United States and will be available as a low-cost consumer model, as w...

Citadel releases TAK-based drone security platform

Mar 10, 2021 (SPX)

Working alongside government stakeholders, Citadel and Syzygy developed a Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) based counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) platform tha...

Biden halts drone strikes outside of war zones where US troops deployed

Mar 08, 2021 (AFP)

Any drone strikes planned against jihadist groups outside of Afghanistan, Syria or Iraq will have to be approved by the White House, Pentagon spokesman John Kir...

Air Force runs second swarming air munitions test over New Mexico

Mar 04, 2021 (UPI)

The Department of Defense this week released several images of an F-16D Viper fighter jet circling the target after "successfully dropping four [collaborative s...