Russia’s war against Ukraine has challenged its military’s approach to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and the Russian industrial base that supports the development and production of UAVs. According to open-source intelligence, Russia lost about 300 reconnaissance and combat drones as confirmed by photo or video evidence from February 24 to September 13. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
QinetiQ Launches Jackdaw Concept – a Low-Cost, High-Performance ‘Disposable’ UAS
QinetiQ has announced the launch of Jackdaw, a low-cost, high-performance ‘disposable’ uncrewed aerial system (UAS). Designed for swarming and collaborative autonomous operations including crewed-uncrewed teaming, Jackdaw will fulfil multiple missions including reconnaissance, electronic warfare, airborne decoy and threat representation. Continue reading
Elbit Systems to Supply the Advanced Skylark Mini UAS System to the IDF
Elbit Systems Ltd will produce and provide the Artillery Corps of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) with the Skylark 1 Transitional Vertical Take-Off and Landing Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems (Skylark 1 eVTOL), combined with through-life maintenance services for all the IDF Ground Force’s STUAS systems (Skylark 1 & Skylark 3). Continue reading
Teledyne FLIR Defense Demonstrates Autonomously Launched Drones
Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, is showcasing a new technology concept at this week’s DSEI Conference in London that will allow crews to autonomously launch small drones operated from inside a military vehicle; perform reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA); and then recover the aircraft without ever having to leave the safety of the vehicle. Continue reading
Ukraine’s Antonov Turns to Drones in Response to Russian Invasion
Ukraine’s Antonov is expanding in drone making, a presentation by the country’s umbrella defence group seen by Reuters shows, as it diversifies its core cargo plane business in response to Russia’s invasion. Continue reading
GA-ASI Gets $10.5M US Navy MQ-9 Support Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California, is awarded a $10,580,823 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001923F0173) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001922G0006). Continue reading
General Atomics Wins DARPA LongShot Air-To-Air Combat Drone Bid
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is poised to begin the flight-testing phase on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) LongShot program. Continue reading
France Delivers 150 Delair Drones to Ukraine
French drone manufacturer Delair sent Ukraine over 150 drones financed by France’s government, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu reported on Sept. 6. Continue reading