Heron UAVs To Fly For Turkey
Israeli contractors will be delivering 10 unmanned aircraft to Turkey to be used for, among other things, intelligence-gathering operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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UAV Procurements High On India’s Defense Needs
Jane's Information Group is reporting that India is planning to significantly upgrade its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capability over the next decade in order to enhance situational awareness along its land and maritime borders.
Read MoreIAI’s Heron UAV Hunkers Over To Canadian Forces In Afghanistan
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has delivered the first Heron UAV system to the Canadian Air Force. IAI and MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) as prime contractor were recently awarded a contract to deliver IAI’s Heron UAV through MDA to Canadian forces deployed in Afghanistan (NOCTUA project).
Read MoreBAMS UAS Prime Has Help From Aurora Flight Sciences
Aurora Flight Sciences announced is now a supplier on the Northrop Grumman RQ-4N aircraft for U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) program.
Read MoreA STRIX Test Upcoming By NATO
From AvioNews, we learn NATO will conduct its next major field test, named Trial Imperial Hammer, this month in Sardinia, Italy (September 29th through October 15th) to demo the Alliance’s ability to share time critical intelligence, which will better protect NATO forces and populations from terrorist attacks through better ID and tracking of enemy combatants.
Read MoreGerman Navy Successfully Tests Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS
Schiebel's CAMCOPTER S-100 has completed its toughest test to date. Three weeks of demanding flights in the Baltic Sea onboard the new K130 Class Corvettes of the German Navy were undertaken.
Read MoreBritain’s Need For UAVs Finds Lease Plan In Effect With Thales
The same contractor (Thales) providing Israeli Hermes 450 UAVs for British forces in Afghanistan has also offered to provide similar services for the French troops stationed in that region.
Read MoreKillerBee UAS Proves Combat Capabilities
Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) KillerBee unmanned aircraft system demonstrated its interoperability, integration and functionality as an end-to-end UAS combat system.
Read MoreUAV Pilot Career Path Now Open In U.S.A.F.
From the Air Force Times, bylined by staff writer Michael Hoffman, comes a story headlined "Hundreds of Reaper, Predator pilots needed.
Read MoreFire Scout VTUAV Continues Production For U.S. Navy
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) system has moved into the second year of low-rate initial production (LRIP) with a US$32.9 million contract award from the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command.
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