The MQ-9 has made its first air-to-air kill by shooting down another drone using a heat-seeking missile in a test.
By U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Ridgeway [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Category: UAV
Insitu unveils Integrator Extended Range
Insitu unveiled its Integrator Extended Range at the Air Force Association’s annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference on Sept. 17.
MQ-4 made belly landing at NB Ventura County Point Mugu
A U.S. Navy MQ-4 was forced to make a belly landing at NB Ventura County Point Mugu after its undercarriage failed to deploy on Sept. 12.
By Alex Evers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnavy/8906719846/) [Public domain or CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Zambia secretly bought the Hermes 450
Jane’s reports that the Zambian Air Force has secretly inducted the Israeli-made Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle into service.
By Oren Rozen [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], from Wikimedia Commons
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Flight test footage of Russia’s Altair UAV
Latest video footage from Russia’s Defense Ministry shows a third Altair UAV being tested.
Screengrab from YouTube
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