Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., based in San Diego, California, has been awarded a $543m contract modification to expand the production and delivery of MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Under this modification, Northrop Grumman will manufacture three MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft for the US Navy, one for the government of Australia, and a designated main operating […]
Military UAS
New Ukrainian Kamikaze Drone in Production, has Already Hit its First Russian Targets
A Ukrainian-designed kamikaze drone with range of 1,000 kilometers has entered production and has already struck Russian targets, according to officials. Ukraine’s State Enterprise Ukroboronprom announced at the end of 2022 that it was working on producing a long-range “one-way unmanned aerial vehicle” or kamikaze drone. It would give the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) the ability to strike targets with […]
Kratos Reveals Thanatos Tactical UAV
Kratos has provided a rendering of its Thanatos drone for the first time. The company says it hopes to have gotten a contract by next year related to this stealth drone, the most advanced design the company has unveiled to date. Though the potential customer remains unnamed, the artist’s conception includes a U.S. Air Force […]
Slovenian Firm Quietly Provides Surveillance Drones to Ukraine
Slovenian drone maker C-Astral recently provided reconnaissance systems to Ukrainian troops – its unmanned aerial system Belin — otherwise known as Bramor C4EYE — made their way to the embattled country. “It [the drone] is in fact being used by the Ukrainians and has been for some time,” Jernej Moderc, a Bramor drone pilot at C-Astral, […]
Germany Arrests Man for Selling Drone Parts to Russia
Germany has arrested a businessman for allegedly selling components to Russia that are used in military gear, including drones currently deployed by Moscow’s troops in Ukraine, prosecutors said last Thursday. The suspect from the central city of Kassel, who was not named, has been accused of exporting various electronic components, model aircraft engines and other […]
L3Harris, US Navy to Develop Heavy Fuel Version of FVR-90 Drone
As the US Navy seeks to develop and field advanced unmanned systems, the Naval Air Systems Command’s Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program will look to the FVR-90 to continue VTOL experimentation and maturation efforts due to its tactical mobility and agility. The US Navy recently entered into an Other Transaction Authority with L3Harris to […]
Russia Uses Italmas ‘Flying Lawnmower’ Drones in Ukraine
Russia has been combining the use of Shahed drones with cheaper and lighter domestically-produced Italmas UAVs in its attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. Russian media suggested on 23 October that Russian forces had used new long-range Italmas drones and their variants for the first time in Ukraine during a drone attack on Kyiv Oblast. Russian sources […]
First Protector Aircraft Arrives at RAF Waddington Air Base
The first of 16 Protector aircraft, the RAF’s latest Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS), has arrived at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. Equipped with a suite of surveillance equipment, Protector brings a critical global surveillance capability for the RAF. Remotely piloted from RAF Waddington it can operate at heights up to 40,000 feet and has an endurance of over 30 hours. […]
China’s New CH-4-Based Strike Drone KVD002 Built for a Taiwan War
China has unveiled a new long-duration surveillance and precision strike drone, known as the KVD002, an aerial weapon that could have significant implications in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. The newly unveiled KVD002 armed reconnaissance drone of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Army has likely participated in patrols and exercises around the […]
