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Russia’s Purchase Price for Iranian Shahed-136 Drones Revealed

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A hacker group called the Prana Network broke into the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) email servers and grabbed data on the sale of Shahed drones to Russia. The group says it exfiltrated about 10 gigabytes of data from a company known as Sahara Thunder which acts as a front for the IRGC facilitating sales […]

Guide to Ukraine’s Long Range Attack Drones

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Independent defense analyst H.I. Sutton, who usually writes about submarines, has just published this interesting guide on his ‘Covert Shores’ website: Ukraine Russia’s use of long range drones, principally the Iranian Shahed type, against Ukraine is well documented. These are termed one-way attack drones (OWA-UAVs), or informally as ‘Kamikaze drones’. These are used as part […]

New Jet-Powered Shahed Drone Downed in Ukraine

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A new jet-powered Shahed kamikaze drone has reportedly been shot down in Ukraine, though the country’s air force has said it could not currently confirm the incident. Serhiy Beskrestnov, a Ukrainian soldier specializing in radio technologies and operating under the callsign “Flash,” reported the discovery on his Telegram channel on Monday. “I did not think that they would appear […]

US Army Successfully Demonstrates Launched Effects System

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The Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Project Management Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Special Operations Command, executed a successful flight demonstration involving the first launch of the Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated Unmanned System (Altius) 700 air vehicle at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The event marks a significant milestone in the Army’s Launched Effects program. The demonstration on Dec. 3, […]

AeroVironment Gets $65M US Army Switchblade Contract

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AeroVironment Inc., Simi Valley, California, was awarded a $65,402,691 modification (P00036) to contract W31P4Q-20-C-0024 for the Switchblade weapon system. Work will be performed in Simi Valley, California, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2024. Fiscal 2024 Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $65,402,691 were obligated at the time of the award. […]

New Video of China’s Switchblade Clone

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This new weapon system exhibits striking similarities to the American-made Switchblade 300, indicating China’s strides in developing comparable technology within the unmanned aerial systems domain. The XS101 loitering munition, akin in design to its American counterpart, boasts an external resemblance to the U.S.-produced Switchblade 300. Like the original American system, this Chinese drone is deployed […]

Iran Unveils Jet-Powered Kamikaze Drone

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Iran showcased an advanced version of Shahed-136 strike drones, equipped with a jet engine and improved guidance systems, named Shahed-238. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was presented at the Ashura Aerospace University on November 20th. The jet-powered drone was introduced in three variants with different guidance systems. The standard model includes an autonomous guidance system […]

Turkish UGV Test-Fires Kamikaze Drones

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Turkey’s Havelsan Barkan 2 UGV demonstrated launching reconnaissance, surveillance, and kamikaze munitions on October 12. The first successful launch with BARKAN took place on January 8, 2023, and ROKETSAN’s guided mini missile Mete was fired from a land vehicle for the first time with BARKAN 1. On this occasion, HAVELSAN successfully fired kamikaze ammunition from […]