Das britische Verteidigungsministerium will die nationalen Fähigkeiten auf dem Feld militärischer Nanodrohnen stärken. Solche Kleinstdrohnen bieten im urbanen Umfeld viele Vorteile und lassen sich unter anderem in der Uniform mitführen. Das britische Verteidigungsministerium hat nun einen Vertrag zur Entwicklung eines einsatzbereiten, robusten Prototyps für Tests beim Heer geschlossen. Es wurden dafür jetzt rund 226.200 Pfund bereitgestellt. Neu ist zudem, dass mit diesem Vertrag ein Start-up zum Zulieferer der British Army wird.
An image of what is purported to be a prototype of Russia’s Okhotnik (Hunter) ‘heavy unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)’ began to circulate in Russian social media on 23 January, followed by three more images the next day.
The UK is to field ‘swarming drones’ to confuse and overwhelm enemy air defences by the end of this year, the Secretary of State for Defence said on 11 February.
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science Technologies (KACST) is testing a helicopter it has recently converted into an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the company’s general director for Special Programs Affairs, Dr Khaled Alhussan, told Jane’s at the inaugural Saudi Airshow held at Al-Thumamah Airport from 12 to 14 March
The Air Force wants to make headway on developing an autonomous fighter jet in an 18-month program spearheaded by a new rapid development team, Inside Defense has learned.
Announced at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford in Gloucestershire, the RAF’s Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) awarded three contracts to develop a technology demonstrator, named Project ‘Mosquito’, to explore the addition of unmanned ‘loyal wingman’ capabilities onto fast jets.
The US Air Force plans to invest heavily over the next five years on digital architecture and both offensive and defensive space capabilities
The service wants to move to a model where decisions are made at machine speed and connectivity is emphasised over platforms