Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Archives

British Army Watchkeeper Unmanned Aircraft Crashes Near Aberporth

June 18, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, British Army, Elbit Hermes 450, Thales Watchkeeper WK450, UK, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), West Wales (Aberporth) Airport

A British Army Watchkeeper surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has crashed less than a mile from Penparc school in Aberporth at

Air Asia-Pacific

U.S. Air Force Deploys a Squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawk Drones to Misawa Air Base, Japan

June 18, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Guam, Japan, Misawa Air Base, Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, U.S. Air Force (USAF), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

The U.S. Air Force deployed a squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft intra-theater to Misawa Air Base, Japan

Air Europe

IAI, Airbus Signs $600M Agreement to Lease Heron TP MALE RPAS to the German Defense Ministry

June 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus DS Airborne Solutions, German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), Germany, IAI Eitan (Heron TP), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed an agreement with Airbus to lease Heron TP Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) RPAS (Remotely

Air C4ISR Europe

Spain’s DGAM Awards Thales Two Contract to Provide ISR Capability to Spanish Navy, Army

June 16, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Directorate General of Armaments and Material (DGAM) Spain, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Spain, Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Española), Thales, Thales Fulmar X, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Spain’s Directorate-General for Armament and Material (DGAM) has awarded Thales two contract to provide Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability

Air Europe

Airbus Signs Operator Agreement for Heron TP Armed Drones with the German Armed Forces

June 14, 2018June 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, BAAINBw, German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), Germany, IAI Eitan (Heron TP), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Airbus and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) have signed an operator agreement for

Air Europe

Germany Approves Procurement of IAI Heron TP Unmanned Aircraft from Israel

June 14, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), Germany, IAI Eitan (Heron TP), Israel, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

The German Parliament’s (Bundestag) Defense and Budgetary Committee approved the procurement of IAI Heron TP unmanned aircraft from Israel, on

Americas C4ISR

U.S. Air Force Conducts Three Demonstration Flights of MQ-9 Reaper UAV with AgilePod

June 14, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments AdamWorks, AgilePod, General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

In March 2018, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Sensors Program Office, working jointly with the AFLCMC Medium

Air Americas

NASA Flies Large Unmanned Aircraft in Public Airspace Without Chase Plane for First Time

June 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, General Atomics MQ-9 Predator B, NASA, NASA Ikhana Predator B, National Airspace System (NAS) USA, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

NASA’s remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission