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In April, the U.S. Air Force conducted several events called “elephant walks.” One of the most spectacular took place at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The U.S. Air Force took 49 aircraft into the sky simultaneously, nine of which were MQ-9 Reaper drones. For General Atomics’ drones, this was the first time they participated […]
China is considering the possibility of converting old J-6 and J-7 jet fighters into unmanned vehicles. They are Chinese versions of the MiG-19 and -21. J-7 fighters were produced in China in 54 modifications until 2013. A total of about 2,400 of these aircraft were assembled. In 2018, the Chinese army began to put them […]
The United States will not completely cancel the flights of unmanned aerial vehicles over the Black Sea. However, the route will have to be slightly changed. As you know, Russian Su-27 fighter jets “attacked” an American MQ-9 Reaper drone, which was not armed, although it can carry air-to-air missiles. The plane hit the drone’s propeller […]
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are using handmade ammunition drop systems in tandem with drones on the front line. BothwellRoyal has offered a factory-made solution. The Swedish-South African UAV manufacturer introduced the QuadCAS line of drones. According to Shepard Media, it consists of three aircraft models: M250x, M500, and MXT. The first two models are disposable […]
The ‘Drone Army’ continues to provide Ukrainian military personnel with drones. For example, the top UAV Raybird-3 of Ukrainian manufacture was sent to scouts the other day. According to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, the Raybird-3 complexes were received by the defense forces in Bakhmut and the marines. ‘The Ukrainian […]
Mass production of reconnaissance and combat drones is being launched in Georgia. On January 27, the first test flights took place at the “Krtsanisi” training ground of the Ministry of Defense, according to the government’s website. It is noted that this is a joint project of Georgia and Poland. The Moscow Times writes about it. […]
Baykar Tech has released a video showing the flight of the upgraded Bayraktar ACINCI drone. It was posted on YouTube on the OUTOFMIND channel. The ACINCI drone is positioned by the manufacturing company as the most ‘powerful’ Turkish development in the last 50 years. The video claims that the aircraft is capable of hitting a […]
The Ukrainian company AeroDrone offered the Ministry of Defense commercial UAVs suitable for combat missions. The Ministry of Defense approved the use of two models of drones by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is about E-300 Enterprise and D-80 Discovery. Company representative Dmytro Shimkiv reported this on Facebook. AeroDrone has been on the Ukrainian […]
Turkish companies STM and Roketsan have developed a new barrage ammunition. It is called ALPAGUT. ALPAGUT is an intelligent kamikaze drone, both ground-based and air-based. Barrage ammunition can be launched from Aksungur, SIHA, Bayraktar Akinci and Bayraktar TB3 UAVs. The latter has not even been presented yet, by the way. It is possible that the […]
Iran will supply Russia with a new type of drones. We are talking about the Meraj-521 model, which is a clone of the American Switchblade 300. This became known from Yuriy Ignat from the Armed Forces of the ZSU. The military noted that Meraj-521 will soon appear in Ukraine. No one doubts that Russia will […]