unmanned aerial system

Our esteemed forum comrade ‘flateric’ made the last post in the ‘Dassault/SAAB/Alenia nEUROn UCAV’ thread on 3 July 2022. Since then, Dassault has launched a new UCAV programme to meet an Armée de l’Air et de l’Éspace requirement, for an unmanned collaborative combat aircraft or ‘Remote Carrier’...

I couldn't find a thread related to Israeli AFVs in general, so I'm hoping all Israeli AFV related stuff can be consolidated here. Obviously it's not all just Merkava. Short story: IDF is looking into adding drones and LMs to its AFVs. Background: This is fairly old news. It's all part of the...

As we know, drone air combat is currently being developed at a rapid rate, and it is a good time to speculate and form designs for drone air superiority aircraft. The main lesson from drone air combat is that air combat works with different tiers and there is no universal air superiority...

Project Musher Airbus Helicopters and its partners have conducted a full scale demonstration of a manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) system developed as part of a project funded by the European Union and code-named MUSHER. The demonstration took place in France and Italy from 30 September to 9...

I wonder when will the AI become omnipresent in the small (FPS-alike) combat drones allowing them to be more autonomous? Should that happen by mid-2025? Will we see then the hunter-killer drones that will be able to precisely distinguish between the friendly and foe vehicles or combatants?

https://www.ukri.org/our-work/our-main-funds/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/future-of-mobility/future-flight-challenge/ https://www.aero-mag.com/gkn-aerospace-to-accelerate-sustainable-technologies-in-future-flight-challenge/

"USAF’s Small UAS roadmap calls for swarming ‘kamikaze’ drones" 04 May, 2016 BY: James Drew New Orleans Source: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usafs-small-uas-roadmap-calls-for-swarming-kamikaz-424973/

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/213765.html Iran military downs US spy drone Sun Dec 4, 2011 2:17PMLAST UPDATEAn American RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned reconnaissance aircraft (file photo)A senior Iranian military official says Iran's Army has shot down a remote-controlled reconnaissance drone operated...

Iran unveils new weird flying machine: a tilt-wing vertical takeoff and landing “ultra-advanced” drone November 8, 2012 Source: http://theaviationist.com/2012/11/08/koker/

Hi there SecretProjects forum members, Long time lurker, first time poster. :) I'm a writer by trade, and I've always had a great interest in military technology—especially military aviation. Obviously, there's a ton of great information here, and I'm really appreciative of so many of the cool...

Congress passed the FAA bill. http://www.mobile-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=82075 "The FAA is also required under the bill to provide military, commercial and privately-owned drones with expanded access to U.S. airspace currently reserved for manned aircraft by Sept. 30, 2015. That...

Air Force to launch new UAV program Read more: Air Force to launch new UAV program | Dayton Business Journal Scott Sullivan, president of SelectTech Services Corp., is among the Dayton-area business leaders who say their companies can get a boost from the new UAS effort at Wright-Patt...

Hi, The Rheimetall Germany company is developing a new recce UAV called the KZO.

"Piasecki also had some interesting ideas on rotorcraft unmanned air vehicles for the US Army's Future Combat Systems, including a modern version of its AirGeep, but they were cancelled last year." Yes, the UCAR program was cancelled (UCAR = US Cancelled Another Rotorcraft ), but I think...