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DARPA is on track to unveil a working prototype of its “Tern” drone system in 2018 that could eventually give the Navy and Marines persistent surveillance and strike targeting “virtually anywhere in the world.” If it’s implemented, the Tern program would see fully-autonomous drones on small-deck ships throughout the world that can take off and land vertically. Once in […]
In the video below, Iranian Press TV reveals the latest Iranian “domestically” produced stealth UAV. Their pro-Iranian political analyst, who is based in London, states that America should realize that Iran is a “force to be reckoned with.” He insisted that the new UAV was manufactured to show the pro-American media and world that they can […]
Syrian government forces say they have targeted a US air force reconnaissance drone over the war-torn country’s eastern regions.
Hezbollah first used drones in attack missions during the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, loading Ababil drones with explosive material and sending them to crash into Israeli targets, according to a new research paper written by former Washington Institute analyst Nadav Pollak
Iran has a new home-grown drone to show off. Announced today, the drone has a “jamming capability,” according to Iranian state-owned news network Fars. The Sifar drone is just one of many new models on display at an exhibition of the Iranian Ground Forces. Besides the Sifar jamming drone, Fars claims that a “drone equipped […]
Obama published guidance requiring that drone pilots have “near certainty” that non-combatants will not be harmed before firing, drone strikes in Pakistan have killed 352 militants and only six civilians.
The Obama Administration released statistics last Friday on the number of casualties from drone strikes and some human rights organizations have problems with it. Since 2009, the government said 473 strikes had killed between 2,372 and 2,581 combatants. Additionally, 64-116 non-combatant deaths were also listed. The classified strikes took place in Libya, Pakistan, Somalia and […]
The FAA does not require small UAS to comply with current agency airworthiness standards or obtain aircraft certification.
Army Apaches are using a new technology in Afghanistan which enables the attack helicopter crews to view real-time video feeds from nearby drones, control the drones’ flight path and therefore more effectively destroy enemy targets, service officials told Scout Warrior. Manned-Unmanned Teaming, or MUM-T, gives AH-64E Apache attack helicopters an ability to control the flight path and sensor payload of Army […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding efforts to source technology that can detect small, unmanned aerial vehicles near airports. Three British companies developed the Anti-UAV Defense System (Auds), due to be included in new trials. It works by jamming signals to drones, making them unresponsive. A thermal imaging camera allows the Auds operator to […]
SOFREP recently covered UUVs that are set for deployment in the South China Sea. – A Florida woman was charged with conspiring to illegally export U.S. technology used in underwater drones to a Chinese state-owned entity, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday. Amin Yu, 53, of Orlando, Florida worked from 2002 until February 2014 […]
Current-generation US fighter jets could take to the skies alongside unmanned armed drones for within the next two years. The “Loyal Wingman” initiative could see fifth-generation stealth fighters matched with older craft to reduce the risk faced by the human pilot. The technology would allow these drones to fly ahead of the fighter in hostile […]
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