DefenceTalkAeroVironment has announced that a recent outdoor test flight of a solar-powered prototype version of the company’s proven Puma AE small unmanned aircraft system (UAS), operating with the company’s newest long-endurance battery, lasted 9 hours, 11 minutes – significantly longer than the flight endurance of small UAS being used in the field today. AeroVironment is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/puma-ae-small-unmanned-aircraft-achieves-continuous-flight-for-more-than-nine-hours-48833/

DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab has signed a contract to deploy the Skeldar Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for maritime operations. Skeldar UAS will be operationally deployed with the customer before the end of this year and will be used in naval operations where the benefits of a Vertical Take Off and Landing UAS are most […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-signs-contract-for-skeldar-uas-for-maritime-operations-48422/

DefenceTalkThe X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) off the coast of Virginia July 10. “It isn’t very often you get a glimpse of the future. Today, those of us aboard USS George H.W. Bush got that chance as we witnessed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/x-47b-makes-first-arrested-landing-at-sea-48353/

DefenceTalkIn a matter of a few weeks, the U.S. Navy has begun a journey that could well revolutionize airborne operations at sea. On May 8, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) was successfully launched by catapult from the deck of the USS George H.W Bush. The UAS itself, the X-47B built by Northrop Grumman, was developed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-takes-first-steps-into-the-world-of-carrier-based-uas-48289/

DefenceTalkLE BOURGET, France: Cassidian looks back over what is now 10 years of test flight experience with its Barracuda UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) demonstrator, a time in which the company gathered unique know-how. Barracuda forms one of the elements of Cassidian’s comprehensive UAS capabilities, which make the company the European leader in this high-tech segment. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/barracuda-10-years-of-development-in-unmanned-flight-technology-48158/

DefenceTalkThe RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) completed its first East Coast flight from Webster Field Annex on June 12, marking the start of the next phase of test for the program. A team from the Navy and Marine Corps STUAS program office (PMA-263) here and industry partner Insitu, Inc., are conducting flight operations […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rq-21a-small-uas-completes-first-east-coast-flight-48109/

DefenceTalkThe Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its first flight from Palmdale, Calif. May 22, marking the start of tests which will validate the Northrop Grumman-built system for future fleet operations. During the 80-minute flight in restricted airspace, the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-triton-unmanned-aircraft-system-completes-first-flight-47872/

DefenceTalkThe Department of the Navy announced May 15 that the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) received Milestone C approval authorizing the start of low rate initial production. With MS C approval, the RQ-21A program, managed by the Navy and Marine Corps STUAS program office (PMA-263) here at NAS Patuxent River, enters the production […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-and-marine-corps-small-tactical-uas-enters-production-phase-47865/

DefenceTalkIsraeli original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have aggressively marketed these platforms, helping them become the top exporter of UAS platforms, globally. A recent Frost & Sullivan market insight, “Israeli Unmanned Aerial Systems,” finds that Israel’s UAS export revenue totaled $4.62 billion from 2005 to 2012. The top purchaser of these exports […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-is-top-global-exporter-of-unmanned-aerial-systems-47839/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company has delivered two electronic attack payloads in support of the U.S. Army’s Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO) system. The payloads were delivered as part of a contract awarded by the U.S. Navy NAVSEA-Crane in 2012. NERO is utilized on the Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS (Umanned Aircraft System) as an airborne electronic […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-delivers-electronic-jamming-capability-for-gray-eagle-uas-47795/