The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (Houthis) released a video on 23 May that seemingly confirmed that it attacked Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) on 26 July 2018 as previously claimed.
The US has confirmed Iran’s claim it shot down a Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at a range of about 70 km
Iran credited a 3 Khordad, one of several new indigenous surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, with the shootdown
The Zala Aero Group, part of the Kalashnikov Concern, showed its Lantset (Lance) ‘kamikaze’ unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the first time at the Army 2019 defence exhibition being held in Kubinka, close to Moscow, on 25–30 June.
The Yemeni rebel group Ansar Allah (popularly known as the Houthis) unveiled on 7 July weapons that it has been using to attack Saudi Arabia in recent months, including a ground-launched cruise missile that may have been used to attack Abha International Airport on 12 June.
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 Libyan National Army (LNA) faction has said it attacked an airport from which Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were being flown in support of the Government of National Accord (GNA) it is trying to oust from Tripoli.
The US Army Futures Command is issuing a solicitation request to industry to collect information on emerging robotics and sensor technologies for small tactical units under the incipient Smart Targeting Environment for Lower Level Assets (STELLA) programme.
Russian company Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) is developing two unmanned variants of the T-72B3 main battle tank (MBT), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website on 12 August.
The presence of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in Libya has seemingly been confirmed by footage showing what appeared to be a Bayraktar TB2 at an airport that could be identified as Mitiga in Tripoli.
The state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) revealed in a 21 August announcement on its official WeChat social media account that its 716 Research Institute – also known as the Jiangsu Automation Research Institute (JARI) – has launched a new catamaran-hulled multirole unmanned surface vessel (USV).
The Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) unveiled a scale model of a previously unseen unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the 2019 MAKS air show being held near Moscow from 27 August to 1 September.
Rheinmetall presented the new Mission Master-Protection unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) armed with the Warmate loitering munition system at the International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO being held in Kielce, Poland, on 3–6 September 2019, the German company announced in a press release on 3 September.
A new study recommends the Pentagon embrace a new systems warfare strategy centred around seamless information sharing and a networked kill web
The new strategy would help the Department of Defense prepare for warfare in highly contested environments
Iranian-made cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were used in the 14 September attacks on the Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities but were not launched from Yemen as claimed, Saudi military spokesman Colonel Turki al-Maliki said in a press briefing four days later.
Boeing will partner with an Australian defence research centre to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in support of military unmanned systems.
The US Marine Corps (USMC) is looking toward a future where the battlefield is littered with combatant, human-shaped robots and is seeking industry’s help to acquire robotic targets for training.