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Akıncı drops MAM-C, MAM-L and MAM-T smart munitions

Posted on April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 by alert5

The Bayraktar Akıncı High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) has successfully drop three types of MAM smart munitions produced by Roketsan.

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AeroVironment gets contract to export Switchblade 300

Posted on April 21, 2021 by alert5

AeroVironment has secured a $45 million contract to sell the Switchblade 300 kamikaze drone to the U.S. Army and an allied nation.

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, launch a lethal miniature aerial missile system during an exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 2, 2020. During the exercise, 1st ANGLICO’s mission was to launch, locate, track, lock and engage a simulated enemy target with an unmanned aerial system. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Forti)

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U.S. Navy preparing to operate MQ-4C from Japan

Posted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Navy is preparing to operate the MQ-4C from Japan by shipping the Triton Unmanned Air System’s forward operating base (FOB) from NAS Patuxent River to Japan on Apr. 12.

Photo: U.S. Navy
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China unveils another stealthy UCAV

Posted on April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 by alert5

China’s 中天飞龙(西安)智能科技有限公司 announced this morning that its 飞龙-2 (Flying Dragon -2) stealth unmanned combat air vehicle prototype has rolled off the production line.

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USN flew Group 2 UAV for 24 hours using solar and hydrogen energy

Posted on April 18, 2021April 17, 2021 by alert5

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has demonstrated that its electric unmanned aerial vehicle dubbed Hybrid Tiger can stay airborne for 24 hours using multiple power sources.

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory engineers demonstrate Hybrid Tiger, an electric unmanned aerial vehicle with multi-day endurance flight capability at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, Nov. 18. This was the first time Hybrid Tiger flew through a complete diurnal cycle, a 24-hour period of day and night, and its longest flight to date.

U.S. Navy photo by Jonathan Steffen

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