UCAV/UAV/UAS News and discussion 2015

[mrmalaya]

The USN will be controlling its UCLASS units from embedded E2Ds:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...-fleet-407693/

Perhaps has implications for the way other UCAV operators might run their fleets?

[Tango III]

Facing uncertain future, Piaggio Aerospace gets new management

[Tango III]

US Navy to experiment supplying ships with autonomous cargo UAVs

[Tango III]

OCEAN2020 Project is Well Underway

[Tango III]

Frontex demos unmanned Falco EVO for EU maritime border surveillance

[Tango III]

Poland orders 40 Orlik tactical short-range unmanned aerial vehicles

[Tango III]

Is this the smallest aircraft the RAF roundel has ever been stuck to?
The new Remotely Piloted Air Systems being used for Force Protection at RAF Akrotiri



https://twitter.com/hthjones/status/1069572467767808000

[Tango III]

European Maritime Safety Agency Selects SKELDAR V-200 VTOL UAV for Emissions Monitoring and Maritime Surveillance

[Tango III]

The United Arab Emirates canceled an order placed through state-owned defense company ADASI with Piaggio Aerospace for eight unmanned P1HH drones.

Italy's drone ambitions crash-land as Piaggio Aero loses only client

[Tango III]

UAV detection and defence systems.

UKSE SHOW NEWS – ELVIRA’S BACK!

[Tango III]

These drone swarms survived without GPS

[Tango III]

Troops in west Russia to get five Orlan-10 multirole drones by yearend

[Tango III]

Israeli AF Operates Unmanned Aircraft for Maritime Patrol

[Tango III]

Jordan is the first foreign customer of the Russian Orion-E UAV, the contract was signed at the ARMY-2018 fair 3 months ago ..



https://twitter.com/Nashab_32/status...99173095325697

http://dfnc.ru/vtc/armiya-2018-platf...ij-na-eksport/

[Tango III]

Progress on drone, vehicle engines signals Turkey’s independence from foreign suppliers

[TomcatViP]

Not solely related to aviation and UCAS but....

Kratos Receives $29 Million Directed Energy Systems Contract

Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services (KDRSS) Division has been awarded a $29 million contract to develop prototype technologies, components and subsystems for the enhancement of existing or new Directed Energy (DE) systems. The effort will extend DE system capabilities of Counter Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM), Counter Unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS), and/or Counter Intel, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C-ISR) missions for the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USA SMDC/ARSTRAT). The specific technologies include beam control, high energy lasers, adaptive optics, power, thermal, sensors, illuminators, joint fires, fire support, and target tracking. These prototype projects are directly relevant to enhancing mission effectiveness of military personnel and the supporting platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed by the Army. Work under this contract is anticipated to be performed at Kratos facilities and at government locations in Huntsville, AL.

Dave Carter, President of the Kratos’ Defense & Rocket Support Services (KDRSS) Division, said, "This recent contract award is another important milestone in our commitment to continue providing superior advanced technology engineering support. This aligns with our strategic plan to expand support to the U.S. Army in advancing and developing Directed Energy Technologies. We are very pleased the U.S. Army is allowing us to serve them in this capacity."

Source:
GlobalNewswire.com

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IAI ELTA Systems Unveils Next-Gen Drone Guard Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS)

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China’s Beihang UAS readies BZK-005E long-range reconnaissance UAV for export

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United States Marine Corps Procures the New InstantEye Mk-3 Gen5-D1 SUAS System

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U.S. Marine Corps Procures 32 New InstantEye Mk-3 GEN5-D1 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS)