Aviation News
ISIL has switched to a new tactic in Iraq, insurgents rigged an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with explosives and used it to attack Kurdish and French forces.
By Tangopaso (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “ISIL booby-trapped drone with explosives; 2 French soldiers wounded by explosion”
The proliferation of commercial drones world-wide is a concern for many governments, including Taiwan, its state-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology has compiled a video showing its approach to tackling the problem.
Update: EO/IR payload
U.S. President Barak Obama has authorized the Pentagon to conduct strikes in Yemen and USS Nitze was ordered to fire three BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles at radar sites in Yemen on Oct. 13.
By United States Navy, Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeremy L. Grisham [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Continue reading “USS Nitze fired 3 Tomahawks at radar sites in Yemen”