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 European Commission announced on 19 March how it will spend the remaining balance of EUR525 million (almost USD600 million) from its three-year pilot European Defence Fund (EDF) for co-financing defence capability and research projects with the member states.
The US Marine Corps is planning to use a cash prize effort in development and procurement of its MUX unmanned aircraft
Cash prizes are an unorthodox way of procuring a major weapon system
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.
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.