Drones / UAV

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Drone Kamikaze Israélien, d'une portée de 500Km..
Il vole en territoire ennemie, et cherche constamment les émissions radar une fois un signal reçu le compare a sa base de donnée, et s'en occupe selon l'ordre de priorité..en fonçant vers elle à la vertical et explosant juste au dessus pour faire le plus de dégât possible.





http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/aircraft/uav/harpy/HARPY.html

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Dassault, BAE Systems : le projet de drone franco-britannique s’appellera TELEMOS

Dassault Aviation et BAE Systems ont dévoilé aujourd’hui le nom du projet de drone MALE (Moyenne Altitude Longue Endurance) de nouvelle génération qui doit répondre aux besoins opérationnels des gouvernements britannique et français. Le programme devrait coûter 1 milliard d'euros pour une mise en service de l'appareil vers 2017.

Les détails du projet et les capacités de l’appareil seront officiellement dévoilés lors du salon du Bourget (20 au 26 juin). Le projet attend surtout une approbation politique qui permettrait son financement. L’armée française s’impatiente de plus en plus et l’achat de drones américains Reaper est fortement considéré. De plus l’armée souhaite que ses drones soient désormais capables de porter des charges militaires.

Eric Trappier, Directeur Général International de Dassault Aviation a déclaré aujourd'hui au cours d'une conférence de presse conjointe des deux sociétés : « Nous pensons que Dassault Aviation et BAE Systems sont les seules deux sociétés disposant immédiatement des capacités, de l'expérience et des technologies nécessaires pour répondre aux besoins de nos deux gouvernements. »

Le programme fait suite au MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) signé en mars dernier par les deux sociétés et qui doit permettre à la France et à Grande-Bretagne de conserver des capacités stratégiques dans les drones.

En mythologie grecque, TELEMOS, fils d'Eurymos, était le devin qui avait prévenu le cyclope Polyphème de l'imminence d'une attaque d'Ulysse.

http://www.aerocontact.com/actualite_aeronautique_spatiale/ac-dassault-bae-systems-le-projet-de-drone-franco-britannique-s-appell~12142.html

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Boeing Phantom Eye HALE Completes Vibration Tests

Published June 16, 2011 | By Marcel van Leeuwen


The Boeing Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned airborne system completed 12 days of ground vibration and structural mode interaction tests this month at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Phantom Eye is being prepared for its first flight, scheduled for later this summer.
Phantom Eye’s two hydrogen fuel tanks also were successfully filled with nitrogen to test fueling procedures and the aircraft’s full-fuel weight configuration.
Phantom Eye has a 150-foot wingspan and is powered by two 2.3-liter, four-cylinder hydrogen engines that each provide 150 horsepower. It is designed to fly at 65,000 feet for up to four days; perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions; and serve as a communications relay.
Boeing press release

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RQ-4B Variant Makes Combat Debut Early



PARIS - For the second year in a row, Northrop Grumman officials found themselves at a global air show explaining why the Global Hawk UAV wasn't performing up to Pentagon expectations.
In the wake of a DoD test report that noted deficiencies in nine areas, Northrop's top Global Hawk salesman, Edward Walby, took to a chalet podium at Paris Air Show 2011 to give the company's side of the story
"When you have a system designed by engineers, made by a manufacturer, tested by evaluators, and certified by administrators, then you put it in the hands of troops, you get an entirely different picture," Walby said.
He was referring to the Global Hawk's unexpected deployments in March - to Japan to support the post-tsunami relief efforts, and to Libya to help U.S. and NATO operations against government troops. The operations catapulted the latest RQ-4B model, the Block 30, into real-world operations, where the aircraft produced performances that looked much better than the IOT&E report, Walby said.
For example, the testers watched the RQ-4 fly 19 sorties over 41 days, with mission effectiveness of 57 percent. But in "March Madness," as Northrop dubbed the intense first month of Libya/Japan ops, the UAVs flew 114 sorties in 45 days with a 92.1 percent mission effectiveness, Walby said. (See Northrop's Global Hawk briefing slides.)
That's a level of performance far beyond the expected for an aircraft that hasn't reached its formal acceptance into service.
"We're not supposed to be doing that yet," he said.
What made the difference? One major thing was simply the passage of time, Walby said. The IOT&E testers looked at aircraft with the mid-2010 equipment and software builds. Since then, Northrop has fixed a leaky oil pump and improved the software in various ways.
One Block 10 aircraft was aloft a total of 379 hours in March - more than half of the hours in the month. Over Japan, two Global Hawks passed in the air, demonstrating the first on-station swap. The post-tsunami ops also saw the operation debut of the Block 30 Global Hawk, whose 3,000-pound payload includes electro-optical/infrared cameras, radar, moving-target indicators, and signals intelligence gear.
Next up for the suddenly hyperactive Global Hawk?
■ Block 30 is slated to be declared initially operational in July.
■ The first Euro Hawk, now finishing up testing at Edwards AFP, Calif., is slated to fly over to Germany later this summer.
■ Two Global Hawks are to attempt the world's first autonomous aerial refueling between UAVs in late summer or early autumn.

defensenews

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DCNS et Thales testent le drone Little Bird aux Etats-Unis

Aux Etats-Unis, dans l'Etat du Nouveau-Mexique, DCNS et Thales ont procédé ce mois-ci aux premiers essais d'atterrissage automatique d'un Little Bird sur une plateforme mobile. En attendant que ces tests soient menés sur un navire, c'est sur une remorque tractée (dotée d'une aire d'atterrissage de 25m²) que le drone de Boeing a réalisé ses premiers « appontages ». Cette campagne intervient dans le cadre du contrat d'études D2AD notifié en juin 2009 par la Direction Générale de l'Armement en vue de mener des essais de démonstration d'un système de décollage, atterrissage et appontage automatique pour drones à voilure tournante. Dans cette perspective, DCNS et Thales ont retenu l'AH-6U Little Bird. Cet engin de 2 tonnes, capable de transporter une charge utile de 350 kilos, a été développé par Boeing à partir de l'hélicoptère piloté MD 530.
L'étude D2AD s'inscrit dans le cadre des travaux de levée de risques des futurs programmes de drones tactiques pour la Marine nationale et l'armée de Terre. Le système doit démontrer sa capacité à intégrer toutes les contraintes opérationnelles inhérentes aux décollages, atterrissages et appontages (discrétion, environnement, état de mer ...)
A l'issue des essais menés à terre, une campagne à la mer est prévue à bord d'un bâtiment de la Marine nationale.

http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=116608

drone little bird

est ce que quelqu'un sait de quel drone il s'agit (je n'est pas reussit a trouver )

Black Eagle 50 israelien

http://en.ruvsa.com/catalog/black_eagle_50/

y'a t il des drones terrestres ,(genre tank télécommandé ) je pense que c'est une question de temps avant que ce genre de technologie ne soit

banalisée dans toutes les armées du monde . comme ça les gouvernements ne seront plus obligés d'hésiter avant de déclarer les guerres ,

puisqu'il s'agira d'utiliser des machines . vous imaginez un peu quel impact cela aura sur notre vision sur la guerre . ca va nous épargner de voire

nos concitoyens revenir du champs d'honneur mutilés . la guerre deviendra par l'ironie du sort plus humaniste .

merci yakuza

thewa3r a écrit:

y'a t il des drones terrestres ,(genre tank télécommandé ) je pense que c'est une question de temps avant que ce genre de technologie ne soit

banalisée dans toutes les armées du monde . comme ça les gouvernements ne seront plus obligés d'hésiter avant de déclarer les guerres ,

puisqu'il s'agira d'utiliser des machines . vous imaginez un peu quel impact cela aura sur notre vision sur la guerre . ca va nous épargner de voire

nos concitoyens revenir du champs d'honneur mutilés . la guerre deviendra par l'ironie du sort plus humaniste .

autant réglé le conflit par jeux video ...

les robot de déminage existent bel et bien .



rien n'empechent à ce que ce type d'utilisation robotique ne s'étende pour toucher tous les corps de l'armée . l'avenir de

l'humanité est promettant . il nous f aut juste du temps . dir ghir Niya

mais pour les accro d'adrenaline , ne vous inquiétez pas , l'homme a crée d'autres types d'activités qui visent à sublimer cet

instinct de confrontation entre les individus et les groupes , comme la coupe du monde de foot , les Jeux Olympiques



avez vous remarqué la terminologie militaire employée par la presse sportive ( mou3askar tadribi )

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SELEX Galileo’s Gabbiano radars selected for Elbit Systems’ UAS

A Hermes 900 UAS. (Photo: Elbit Systems)

19:57 GMT, June 27, 2011 Nerviano | SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, been selected by Elbit Systems to supply its Gabbiano radar family for installation aboard Elbit Systems’ Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The Gabbiano T20 radar will be installed aboard the Hermes 450 while the most powerful version of the Gabbiano family, the T200, has been chosen for the Hermes 900.

The Gabbiano radar family was chosen by Elbit Systems thanks to its light weight, ease of installation, advanced surveillance performance and growth potential. The radars will improve the Hermes systems’ long range surveillance capabilities over sea and ground via Air to Surface operational modes and high resolution imaging features such as SAR and ISAR. The radars are already fully operative and can perform in all light and weather conditions.

SELEX Galileo is planning to deliver the first Gabbiano T20 radar to Elbit Systems by the end of this year.

The Gabbiano radar family has been selected by 5 international customers for installation aboard the Alenia Aeronautica ATR42, AgustaWestland AW139 Helicopter, Beechcraft B350ER, Elbit Systems Hermes 450 & Hermes 900 and for Coastal Surveillance sheltered installations.

defpro

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Unmanned Global Hawk Completes First Production Acceptance Multi-Intelligence Sensor Flight

Published July 7, 2011 | By Marcel van Leeuwen


The newest Northrop Grumman Corporation built RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft completed the first of many production acceptance flights of an operational Block 30 multi-intelligence sensor package on May 25, flown from Palmdale, Calif.
The Global Hawk flight marks a new era of increased operational intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability flown with multiple sensors simultaneously from a single platform. The multi-intelligence sensor package includes the airborne signals intelligence payload (ASIP) manufactured by Northrop Grumman and the enhanced integrated sensor suite that includes electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), and synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The ASIP system includes both electronics and communications collection capability.
“Block 30 Global Hawks are currently equipped with both EO/IR and SAR sensors as components of the Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS) built by Raytheon, and they have provided round-the-clock support for both military and humanitarian efforts overseas,” said George Guerra, HALE Systems vice president, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. “The ASIP will be added to the EISS on the Block 30 Global Hawks, which will provide a persistent level of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance that has never before been provided by any aircraft.”
There are currently nine Block 30 Global Hawks located at forward operating locations. In time, those nine Global Hawks will rotate through the Palmdale facility to have the ASIP sensor added to their current EISS-only Block 30 configuration. It will be a seamless addition because the Block 30s are already configured to accept ASIP. The addition of the ASIP provides the warfighter with critical ISR collection capability that extends beyond imagery.
The RQ-4 Global Hawk flies up to 60,000 feet, above weather and commercial air traffic. Global Hawk flies for more than 32 hours per sortie at speeds approaching 340 knots. As the world’s first fully autonomous HALE UAS, Global Hawk Block 30 will soon be operational in remote areas of the globe with ASIP, performing this new persistent and critical ISR mission.
Northrop Grumman press release

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Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System Completes First Full System Flight With MP-RTIP Sensor

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., July 26, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first full system flight with the high performance AN/ZPY-2, also referred to as the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensor. The flight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on July 21. A photo accompanying this release is available at: [url=http://media.globenewswire.com/noc/mediagallery.html?pkgid=10053]http://media.globenewswire.com/noc/mediagallery.html?pkgid=10053[/url] This is a first for a fleet of Block 40 Global Hawks that will be delivered to the UAS' main operating base at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. The MP-RTIP-equipped Block 40 Global Hawk provides unprecedented capabilities for both military and domestic applications. Flying at altitudes up to 60,000 feet for more than 32 hours per sortie at speeds approaching 340 knots, the Block 40 Global Hawk provides persistent coverage to see through all types of weather, day or night, thereby providing vital near real-time imagery to the warfighter. "Since 2001 Global Hawk has provided critical resources to the warfighter, while accumulating more than 45,000 combat and humanitarian relief hours," said George Guerra, vice president, High Altitude Long Endurance Systems, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "The MP-RTIP equipped Global Hawk is the natural evolution of the program's advanced technology in providing invaluable intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities for both military and domestic applications." The Block 40 Global Hawk is a part of a growing Q-4 Enterprise family of unmanned systems developed by Northrop Grumman. The Q-4 Enterprise builds on the company's more than 60 years experience with unmanned aircraft and autonomous flight control, including more than 52,000 flight hours by the battle-proven RQ-4 Global Hawk. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is the prime contractor for the Global Hawk and MP-RTIP programs and continues to move these technologies forward under the stewardship of the Air Force's Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems' Norwalk, Conn., facility is teamed with Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, Calif., to develop, produce and deliver the AN/ZPY-2 MP-RTIP radar. Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit [url=http://www.northropgrumman.com/]www.northropgrumman.com[/url] for more information.

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Drones: les étonnants choix de Nicolas Sarkozy

http://www.humanite.fr/02_08_2011-drones-les-%C3%A9tonnants-choix-de-nicolas-sarkozy-477298

Selon le magazine de défense S&H, EADS va modifié l'Anka-A pour les pays européens comme l'Allemagne, la France, l'Espagne, l'UK et l'Italie, et sera responsable de sa vente. En échange, EADS se chargera de l'intégration d'un SATCOM pour le drone Anka-A/B.

La participation turque au projet de drone Talarion sera de 25%.

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First Russian strike UAV to be showcased at Moscow air show




Lutch, Russia's first unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed to carry out air strikes, will be shown at the Moscow air show next week, according to its producer, Vega.

"Vega will show a full-scale mock-up of the Lutch medium-range UAV at MAKS 2011," a Vega representative said.

"Lutch is designed for optical reconnaissance, radar, radio-relay and electronic reconnaissance missions," he added.

Lutch can also carry guided weapons on fuselage pylons or in a fuselage weapons bay.

"Up to 150-170 kilograms of ammunition and weapons control systems can be carried," Vega said.

Based on the Sigma 5 piloted aircraft, Lutch has a 250-350-kilometer surveillance range, which can be augmented to 500 kilometers, and an endurance of no less than 18 hours, which can be increased with extra fuel supplies to 30 hours.

With 800 kilograms of maximum take-off weight (MTOW) it flies at speeds of up to 270 kilometers per hour.

RIA Novosti

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Midair Collision Between a C-130 and a UAV



Well, it finally happened. Something some pilots operating in Iraq and Afghanistan have told me they worry about more than enemy surface-to-air fire; a midair collision with a UAV.

A small RQ-7 Shadow UAV apparently collided with what looks like it might be an Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130 in the skies over Afghanistan. The collision apparently ruptured the wing fuel tank and may have done damage to the spar and wing box. Still, this could have been much worse. Good job to the pilots for bringing the Herk home safely.

It will be interesting to see how this changes protocols for operating UAVs in congested airspace. Maybe this was a fluke incident that no amount of UAV sense and avoid technology could have stopped or maybe the collision is a prime example of why this technology must be implemented ASAP.



Read more: http://defensetech.org/2011/08/17/midair-collision-between-a-c-130-and-a-uav/#ixzz1VKm7UN9o
Defense.org

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Northrop Grumman Fire Scout Completes Successful At-Sea Deployment

Published August 17, 2011 | By Rob Vogelaar



SAN DIEGO, Aug. 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-built MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was credited with providing critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support to special operations forces and U.S. Navy anti-piracy actions during the system’s second at-sea deploymentTwo Fire Scout air vehicles were deployed aboard the USS Halyburton(FFG 40) at the beginning of January. The system was tasked to provide ISR support for anti-piracy operations conducted by the Navy’s 5th Fleet.

“This deployment was the first opportunity since deploying on the USS McInerney (FFG for the Navy to fully use Fire Scout operationally,” said George Vardoulakis, vice president for tactical unmanned systems for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. “The system was involved in three different anti-piracy actions; participated in operations over Libya; and supported a Strait of Hormuz transit with the ship’s SH-60B helicopter – a valuable manned and unmanned aircraft operation that allows ship commanders to extend their awareness at greater distances from the ship.”

Fire Scout also successfully proved a special operations concept for sea-based ISR capabilities and observed a Yemeni fishing boat that had been stranded at sea for 10 days, allowing the Halyburton’s crew to provide assistance.

In the six-month deployment, the system flew for more than 435 hours and maintained a high sortie completion rate of more than 80 percent.

Fire Scout operations aboard the Halyburton benefited significantly from lessons learned during a 2009 Fire Scout military utility assessment aboard the McInerney.

To date, the system has flown for more than 2,500 hours. Approximately 1,200 of those hours were accrued during operational deployments with the Halyburton and in Afghanistan.

Fire Scout features a modular architecture that accommodates a variety of electro-optical, infrared and communications payloads. The air vehicle’s operational flexibility makes it particularly well suited for supporting littoral missions such as drug interdiction, search and rescue, reconnaissance and port security.

Source and photo: Northrop Grumman

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Boeing Demonstrates ‘Swarm’ Reconnaissance with Unmanned Aircraft

Published August 18, 2011 | By Rob Vogelaar



WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2011– Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced the successful autonomous communications and operation of dissimilar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in flight tests over the rugged terrain of eastern Oregon.

The July 7-10 mission used two ScanEagles manufactured by Boeing subsidiary Insitu and one Procerus Unicorn from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL). The UAVs communicated using a Mobile Ad Hoc Network and swarm technology developed by JHU/APL.

Swarm technology is similar to how insects communicate and perform tasks as an intelligent group. The UAVs worked together to search the test area through self-generating waypoints and terrain mapping, while simultaneously sending information to teams on the ground. A broader demonstration is planned for the end of September.

“This is a milestone in UAV flight,” said Gabriel Santander, Boeing Advanced Autonomous Networks program director and team leader. “The test team proved that these unmanned aircraft can collect and use data while communicating with each other to support a unified mission. This swarm technology may one day be used for search-and-rescue missions or identifying enemy threats ahead of ground patrols.”

“The decentralized autonomous vehicles we demonstrated show the potential for improved response time and reduced manning requirements when compared with current systems,” said Dave Scheidt, JHU/APL principal investigator. “We’re excited we were able to demonstrate this capability on deployed vehicles such as the Boeing ScanEagles.”

The ScanEagle system also recently took part in the successful test of a Boeing-developed narrowband communications relay that was used to link handheld radios in the mountains of California.

The swarm technology demonstrations are being conducted under a collaborative agreement between Boeing and JHU/APL, which is a University Affiliated Research Center and a division of Johns Hopkins University that has for nearly 70 years been addressing critical national challenges through the innovative application of science and technology. It maintains a staff of about 5,000 on its Laurel, Md., campus.

Source and Photo: Boeing

thewa3r a écrit:

y'a t il des drones terrestres ,(genre tank télécommandé ) je pense que c'est une question de temps avant que ce genre de technologie ne soit

banalisée dans toutes les armées du monde . comme ça les gouvernements ne seront plus obligés d'hésiter avant de déclarer les guerres ,

puisqu'il s'agira d'utiliser des machines . vous imaginez un peu quel impact cela aura sur notre vision sur la guerre . ca va nous épargner de voire

nos concitoyens revenir du champs d'honneur mutilés . la guerre deviendra par l'ironie du sort plus humaniste .

Oui mais les guerres seront donc déclenchées plus facilement, parfois sans véritable raison. Parce que aujourd'hui pour engager une guerre contre un ennemi, il faut préparer l'opinion publique à ça, et c'est principalement le problème de la vulnérabilité des soldats et les pertes militaires qui sont le contre-poids de la connerie des dirigeants.

De plus, aujourd'hui les conflits sont souvent asymétriques, entre une armée conventionnelle et une guérilla (Astan, Irak, Tchétchénie, Somalie etc...), qui se fond parmi la population. Penses-tu qu'un robot parviendra à distinguer un insurgé d'un simple civil ? J'en doute fort.

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Libye : première mission pour le drone Harfang

http://www.air-cosmos.com/a-la-une/201108250164014/libye-premiere-mission-pour-le-drone-harfang.html

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DATE:29/08/11
SOURCE:Flight International
Denel completes assembly of Seeker 400 prototype
By Craig Hoyle

South Africa's Denel Dynamics plans to conduct the first flight of its prototype Seeker 400 unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in the first quarter of 2012, having announced the completion of manufacturing activities.

Denel unveiled a mock-up of the Shadow 400 at the Africa Aerospace and Defence Show in Cape Town last year. It has self-funded development work on the tactical UAV, and could launch series production from late next year.

"There is already a launch customer for the Seeker 400 who operated the [Israel Aerospace Industries] Seeker I tactical UAV in the early 1990s," it said.

"Two other countries which currently operate the Seeker II are also interested, because the new aircraft can be controlled by using their existing control stations."

The Seeker 400 has a planned endurance of up to 16h carrying a twin payload, with line-of-sight operations possible over a range of 250km (135nm). The addition of a satellite communications fit would increase this to 750km, the manufacturer said.

The company recently displayed a model of the Seeker 400 with another growth option - two of its Mokopa anti-tank missiles.

"A number of countries have already expressed interest in an armed version of the UAV," it said.

The up to 10km-range Mokopa has previously been trialled using South African Air Force Rooivalk Mk 1 combat support helicopters.

Meanwhile, Denel said work on its Bateleur medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV has been placed on hold to enable it to complete development of the Seeker 400.

Denel has exhibited a model of the Seeker 400 carrying two Mokopa anti-tank missiles

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AeroVironment annonce le Shrike VTOL

http://info-aviation.com/?p=10157

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Un drone Tianchi s’écrase en Chine

http://info-aviation.com/?p=11643