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Hvor er Norge som statssekretær Gerhardsen sier kan bli verdensledende? Jeg spyr av den selvgodheten som finnes. (Red.)

Pentagon stages first ‘Top Drone’ school for operators to hone skills

(Military Times) The Pentagon last month held its first “Top Drone” school for drone pilots to demonstrate their skills in a threat-representative environment. Read More Marines test drone systems during Defense Innovation Unit Challenge (Seapower) Marines assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit and industry leaders during phase two of the DIU’s Project GI challenge to evaluate commercial small unmanned aerial systems in realistic operational environments, Aug. 18-29.? Read More UK to produce Ukraine-designed interceptor drones, supply thousands (Defense News) The United Kingdom will scale up interceptor-drone technology developed by Ukraine and plans to deliver thousands of drones to the embattled country every month, Defence Secretary John Healey said at the DSEI UK defense show here on Thursday. Read More ----oooo00O00ooooo----

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 49th Operations Group taxis on a runway during Exercise Zia Sunbird at Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, Calif., July 22, 2025. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bob Teichmann

Airpower in the Caribbean: US Bulks Up Presence with MQ-9s, F-35s, and More By Chris Gordon The U.S. military is deploying significant airpower in the Caribbean one week after carrying out an airstrike on what it said was a boat operated by a Venezuelan drug cartel ----oooo00O00oooo----

Merk deg at MQ-9 serien stadig utvider sitt våpenarsenale. Den maritime varianten og den du ser avbildet under, bør være Norges førstevalg når vi skal ha store droner. Jeg er dessverre uenig i at disse skal utplasseres på værutsatte Andøya. (Red.)

GA-ASI and AeroVironment Complete First-Ever Air Launch of Switchblade 600 from MQ-9A UAS

By The Editor on Sep 12, 2025 06:50 am

– General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and AeroVironment collaborated on the air launch of a Switchblade 600 loitering munition (LM) from a GA-ASI Block 5 MQ-9A unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The flight testing took place from July 22-24 at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds Test Range. It marked the first time a Switchblade 600 […]

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UK Signs Groundbreaking Tech Sharing Agreement with Ukraine to Deliver Drones

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

A ‘First of its kind’ industrial partnership allows the UK and Ukraine to share detailed designs for cutting-edge air defence drones and other equipment. The UK will manufacture and jointly develop cutting-edge military equipment with Ukrainian industry through a groundbreaking new technology sharing agreement which will support British jobs and strengthen both UK and Ukrainian […]

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AeroVironment Announces AV_Halo Unified Software Platform

By The Editor on Sep 12, 2025 06:39 am

– AeroVironment, Inc. has announced AV_Halo, a hardware-agnostic software platform that unifies the company’s suite of mission-ready software tools — to include multi-domain command and control (C2), AI-enhanced intelligence analysis, synthetic training, and autonomous targeting — into a single open-standards software ecosystem capable of integrating with any other battle management systems. AV_Halo provides a modular, […]

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Smartshooter Unveils SMASH 3000 for Heavy Machine Guns

By The Editor on Sep 12, 2025 06:37 am

– SMARTSHOOTER, a designer, developer, and manufacturer of innovative fire control systems, is introducing a new configuration of its combat-proven SMASH 3000: adaptation onto a Heavy Machine Gun (HMG). The new solution will be presented for the first time at the DSEI 2025 exhibition in London. This milestone follows SMARTSHOOTER’s successful participation in Project VANAHEIM/FLYTRAP, […]

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Spain Procures Nine SIRTAP Tactical UAS, Designed and Manufactured by Airbus in Spain

By The Editor on Sep 12, 2025 06:14 am

Spain’s first SIRTAP unmanned aerial system prototype is now complete and slated to begin ground testing, in an ambitious schedule lasting a good portion of 2026, before the first delivery by 2027. Airbus Defence and Space, which manufactures the system, released a short video on Sep. 4, 2025, showing the aircraft receiving a paint job […]

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Republic F-84 Thunderjet – Four Distinct Developments, All Designated F-84

By The Editor on Sep 12, 2025 06:00 am

Republic began with the F-84 as a straight-wing monoplane on tricycle undercarriage with a jet engine in response to a General Operational Requirement in the final year of WW2. While a straight-wing model was eventually produced for frontline service in the Korean War, it was outclassed by the MiG-15’s it faced. What seemed like a […]

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