Droner

 

Sjekk spesielt saken om RAF`s kjøp av MQ-9 Reaper og det jeg har skrevet tidligere om et mulig samarbeid med UK om typen. (Red.)

uAvionix Launches skyAlert: Wearable Aircraft Alerting Device for UAS Operators and Visual Observers

By The Editor on May 12, 2025 06:49 am

Committed to radically innovating to keep the skies safe for all airspace users, uAvionix, has announced the release of skyAlert, a portable, wearable ADS-B receiver specifically designed for professional Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) operators and their supporting visual observers. By audibly alerting users whenever an ADS-B equipped aircraft enters a user-configurable proximity zone, skyAlert significantly […]

Read in browser »

American Startup Aims to Deliver Helicopter Performance at Drone Economics

By The Editor on May 12, 2025 06:45 am

A new drone company has exploded out of stealth mode in the USA with incredible claims about its first product, saying it’ll fly 4X longer, 10X further, 10X quieter and carry 5X more payload than leading competitors – while competing with China on cost. Silicon Valley-based SiFly has announced two industrially targeted models with some absolutely […]

Read in browser »

China’s Weather Drones Experiment – One Cup of Cloud Seed Makes 30 Swimming Pools of Rain

By The Editor on May 12, 2025 06:43 am

Chinese government scientists have released the results of a weather modification experiment in the dry western region of Xinjiang. A fleet of cloud seeding drones increased rainfall by over 4 per cent across more than 8,000 sq km (3,089 sq miles) in a day, according to the project team led by Li Bin, senior engineer […]

Read in browser »

General Atomics Gets $11M MQ-9B Protector Support Contract for the UK RAF

By The Editor on May 12, 2025 06:41 am

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $10,845,151 Foreign Military Sale (FMS) contract for MQ-9B protector in-service sustainment support. This contract will provide for sustainment support for the United Kingdom Royal Air Force. Work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2028. This contract […]

Read in browser »

US Navy Air-Launches Next-Gen Missile from Unmanned Aircraft

By The Editor on May 12, 2025 06:10 am

The US Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division successfully air-launched a Solid Fuel Integral Rocket Ramjet (SFIRR) from an unmanned vehicle for the first time, one step toward modernizing missile technology. The test also integrated the use of a fire control system on a BQM-34 unmanned target vehicle for live firing, demonstrating advancements in high-speed, […]

Read in browser »





Recent Articles:UK Certifies Protector as First of its Kind Remotely Piloted Aircraft
DSTA and MBDA Deepen Partnership to Advance C-UAS Capabilities
Latvia’s Origin Robotics Unveils BLAZE, a Cost-Effective AI-Powered Drone Interceptor
DZYNE Delivers New Autonomous Cargo Glider ‘Grasshopper’ to US Air Force
OA-1K Skyraider II Walk-Around with Test Pilot

                                                           ----oooo00O00oooo----

Australian  ASCA searches for industry counter-drone capabilities under Mission Syracuse

The Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator is seeking industry support to enhance   Defence's counter-drone capabilities with the launch of Mission Syracuse.

Read more ----oooo00O00oooo----

Når vi får somlet oss til å kjøpe droner bør det være denne typen, RQ/MQ-9 Reaper, som kan bære våpen og mye annet. Samarbeid med UK burde være naturlig. (Red.)

Air Force Special Operations wants to fire cruise missiles from Reaper drones

By 

Patrick Tucker

Defense One (TNS) • May 10, 2025

---

 

An MQ-9 Reaper lifts off from Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 8, 2025. U.S. Central Command confirmed that it lost contact with a Reaper over the Red Sea on March 3, 2025, the same day Houthi militants in Yemen said they had shot one down. (Victoria Nuzzi/U.S. Air Force)

TAMPA, Florida (Tribune News Service) — Cruise missiles are getting smaller and that’s opening up ways to give older drones fighter jet-like capabilities, the head of Air Force Special Operations Command said Tuesday.

“If you could use a gunship, or an MQ-9, or an OA-1K [Skyraider II] that had a small cruise missile that could go four, five or 600 miles and hit a target, that seems like a capability that a combat commander could use,” said Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, who spoke to reporters at the Global SOF Foundation’s SOF Week event here.