New American Aircraft Ready for HLS Missions
Textron’s new Scorpion aircraft may begin to perform homeland security missions with its maiden flight is planned for the coming days.
The Scorpion is equipped...
New Israeli Payload Includes HDTV Cameras
Israel Aerospace Industries’ Tamam Division is introducing a new POP300D-HD - True High Definition (HD) Day and Night Stabilized Optronic Payload using a 1280x1024...
Pakistan Deal for Chinese J-10 (Chinese Lavi) Fighters Uncertain
Pakistan may not be able to purchase the Chinese fighter dubbed the "Chinese Lavi".
According to Defense News tough International Monetary Fund conditions on Pakistan...
New U.S. Long-Range UAVs to Launch from Small Ships
A U.S. military research program, that seeks to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to be launched and recovered from relatively small...
Russia to Build a 20 Ton UAV by 2018
The prototype of Russia’s first 20-ton combat drone will be unveiled in 2018, a defense industry source said.
According to RIA Novosti the 20-ton unmanned...
F-35 Pilots Worldwide Will Use Israeli-Developed Helmets
Israeli-developed technologies have proved their superiority once again. The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) decided to halt development of the alternate F-35 helmet and...
Authorities May Soon Require Drone Operator Licenses
Quadcopter is the last hit among professional photographers. They use the unmanned platform to take wedding and other event photos from "exotic” angles. Only...
The Company Propelling the Development of Next-Gen Unmanned Systems
WindRiver, the company that has been supplying software products to the international aviation market for 30 years now, and is an Intel subsidiary, is...
New Report Predicts Declining Light Military Rotorcraft Market
In a newly issued study, “The Market for Light Military Rotorcraft,” forecast International predicts that 1,411 of these rotorcraft will be produced in the...
Zeppelin Prototype Damaged Causes Helium Leak
A Soviet-born entrepreneur’s $35 million zeppelin prototype was punctured by falling debris from a partial roof collapse at a hangar in California, triggering a...
Upgraded Fire Scout Prepares for First Test Flight
The U.S. Navy is preparing for the first test flight later this month of its upgraded MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Aircraft System, a helicopter-like,...
New UAV Planned for IDF’s “Sky Riders” Artillery Corps Unit
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The IDF's “Sky Rider” Artillery Corps Unit, which operates the Skylark UAV, is celebrating its third birthday, and it's getting some nice...
Israeli Offers an Advanced Aircraft to the U.S. Army
An American company owned by Israeli Abraham Karem offers an advanced tiltrotor the U.S. army.
Karem Aircraft is owned by, an aviation expert who designed...
U.S. Drones to Monitor North Korean Skies
Next year the U.S. military will begin flying Global Hawk (UAS) unmanned air surveillance systems from Japan on missions to monitor North Korea, as...
Air Forces Train to Handle Terrorism
A live counter-terrorism exercise dubbed Vigilant Skies 2013 was conducted a few days ago, in order to test the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Cooperative Airspace...
Turkey Angers the U.S. by Offering Helicopters to Pakistan
Turkey is aggressively lobbying to give T-129 attack helicopters to Pakistan to replace its aging AH-1F fleet and is prepared to agree to generous...
India Will Use New Mini-Drones to Guard its Borders
Stepping up surveillance along the tense border of China and Pakistan, the Indian Army is equipping its troops with hand-held drones. It has floated...
Despite Budget Cuts, There’s Still Hope for Defense Electronics Suppliers
Despite the doom and gloom associated with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget cuts, market analysts see silver linings for defense electronics suppliers...
Iran’s bluff: upgrade old platforms and present them as new
Iran has added some purchased systems to its "advanced combat helicopter " but this it’s still the same old U.S. made Cobra.
Israeli sources say...
Turkey is breaking away from the west and NATO
In a multibillion-dollar deal, Turkey agreed to buy a Chinese-made long-range air- and missile-defense system — a move that could prevent the system from...
Predator UAS Saves Life in Rim Fire Disaster Relief Efforts
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that a MQ-1 Predator unmanned air systems (UAS) successfully supported firefighters in their efforts to contain California’s Rim Fire,...
Iran Claims Data from Downed CIA RQ-170 Decoding Completed
Iranian officials say they have completed decoding the surveillance data and software extracted from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) UAS that the United States...
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A New Quantum Breakthrough Could Change Signal Detection on the Battlefield
Modern military and civilian communications environments are becoming increasingly crowded. Drones, radios, sensors, satellites, electronic warfare systems, and wireless networks all compete for space...
