Drones are becoming more widespread throughout the world – be it in Pakistan, Iraq, in Yemen or Somalia. These unmanned planes, currently mainly piloted remotely, may eventually engage each other on their own. On Thursday, Iranian and Indian media repo…
First Euro Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System Touches Down in Germany
July 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
Euro Hawk, the first high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE), signals intelligence (SIGINT) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) based on the RQ-4 Global Hawk produced by Northrop Grumman for the German Bundeswehr, successfully touched down in Manching, Germany…
RAF Fairford hosts Royal International Air Tattoo
July 25, 2011 Leave a Comment
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of what is billed as the world’s largest military air show, members here turned over the airfield to the Royal International Air Tattoo July 16 and 17. Hosted at Royal Air Force Fairford 21 times since 1985, the Royal I…
France tips Dassault to supply new drones
July 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
France is in talks with French group Dassault Aviation to buy medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drones to enter service in 2014, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said on Thursday. “This acquisition will replace the drone system currently used by th…
Additional RAF Tornado Jets Arrive in Italy
July 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Four Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 fast jets have arrived at Gioia del Colle air base in southern Italy following last week’s announcement that the additional aircraft will provide further support to UK operations over Libya. The aircraft, flown by crews…
