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US Military Advancing VTOL Drone Development

The U.S. military is advancing development of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAV systems, with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Navy being involved in several leading edge VTOL drone programs. VTOL X-Plane One of the programs of interest is the DARPA lead VTOL Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) program is a cross-pollination […]

China’s Top Military Drones to Watch in 2017

China continues to develop its military drone capability with new technology like the strike-capable UAV CH-5 and the UCAV (Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle) Sharp Sword, as well as progressing in the development of swarm drone designs. CH-5 Strike UAV The CH-5, which visually looks similar to the US military’s MQ-9 Reaper, is also known as […]

The Ultimate Drone – X-37B Unmanned Space Vehicle

After more than 700 days in space, the world’s ultimate drone, the Air Force’s X-37B unmanned space vehicle, landed at NASA ‘s Kennedy Space Center on May 7, 2017. Beginning in 2010, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has now flown four successful missions. X-37B Mission The X-37B OTV program aims to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, […]

U.S. Navy Flying-Wing Drone Moving Closer to Reality

DARPA and U.S. Navy’s joint program for development of a UAV for small-deck ships is progressing toward the target date of 2018 to begin test flights. The Tern project design is a flying-wing type drone that would lift off like a helicopter and then transition to wing-borne flight. The above video is a Phase 3 […]

Military Combat Drone Updates – UAV, the Future of Warfare

An integral component of air warfare in the future looks to be drones … unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAV) like the X47B, Taranis, nEUROn, and Sharp Sword combined with Swarm Drone types of systems. READ MORE: Swarm Drone systems Let’s take a closer look at the UCAV systems under development. X-47B (U.S.) The Northrop Grumman […]

Swarm Drones … The future of military warfare?

This looks like the future of military warfare … To overwhelm the resources of the enemy with swarms of drones that would among other capabilities provide a safer opening for manned aircraft and other tactical vehicles to enter the enemy’s space. The key to an effective swarm system is that the entire group acts as […]

Toward drone autonomous flight – collision avoidance advances

Both government and private industry developments are helping to push us forward toward full drone autonomous flight capability. Advances in technology and systems for collision avoidance are moving the drone industry closer to realizing full autonomous flight. U.S. Government Project On the government side, the U.S. government DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) recently presented its progress […]

“Drone Killers” – Detect and Disable/Destroy Systems

Drone detect and disable technology continues to develop and evolve into a wide range of systems. With the number of personal, commercial, and military drones hitting the skies increasing by the day, and with it the increasing possibility of a drone going rogue or a hostile UAV, detection and disable or destruction technology is finding […]

Japan police drone interceptor – 警視庁のドローンキャッチャー

On Dec 10, 2015 the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department demonstrated a new instrument in their tool kit for dealing with rogue drones. Watch the above video from JiJi Press which shows the demonstration. The police drone uses a net-like attachment as it intercepts and captures another drone in mid air flight. Technologically, the configuration it looks rather […]

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Mini Drone for Special Forces Military | Black Hornet

Military special forces soldiers have a new eye in the sky to help them find and track the enemy. The small stealthy spy drone, the Nano UAS PD-100 Black Hornet, designed by the Norwegian company Prox Dynamics, is a Personal Reconnaisance System (PRS) that provides a game-changing pocket-sized ISR capability that provides military forces with […]

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MQ-8C Fire Scout UAV first shipboard flight

Watch the above video for a look at the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter operating from the USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) during its first shipboard flight Dec. 16 , 2014 off the coast of Virginia. The new, larger Fire Scout conducted a series of flight events during the five-day underway period to prepare for […]

Cops Partner With Drone Maker – KOLO8 abc news

Dec 2014 From KOLO8 abc News, Reno, NV Local law enforcement announced a partnership with a drone developer that will create an aircraft capable of saving lives. It’s not yet legal for them to use the drone, but participating in the development stage now means they’ll be ready when it becomes legal. The next time […]