are the first aircraft the Air Force has dubbed fighter drones. General Atomics’ CCA is now known as the YFQ-42A, and Anduril’s is the YFQ-44A, Allvin said in his keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s AFA Warfare Symposium here. ...
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The UK Royal Air Force’s (RAF)RG Mk1 Protector dronefleet will near 50% of its planned strength by the end of 2024, with the recent arrival and assembly of the second aircraft in the UK due to be followed by a further five airframes in the months ahead. According to a 22 July re...
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Automated drone solutions have significant value in applications from surveillance to inspections of aircraft, buildings, and infrastructure. Drones on military bases have the same value – and drone startup Easy Aerial is competing to bring their tethered drone technology to the Ai...
Unlike prior armed drones, CCAs will be designed to function with a high degree of autonomy to facilitate their use on the forward edge of air combat, where datalinks to ground stations can’t be assured and where nearby manned aircraft crews may have their hands too full to micromanage what...
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The technology relies on drones equipped with sensors and high-definition cameras to scan, in a matter of hours and not days, the exterior of an aircraft undergoing a maintenance inspection. A secured connection allows data and information generated to be displayed on tablets and...
The Reaper is a medium-to-high altitude, long endurance unmanned aircraft that is much larger and more heavily armed than the Predator. The Global Hawk is a high altitude, long-range drone used mainly for surveillance. The Air Force wants to expand its fleet as quickly as possible, Air ...
A senior US official also confirmed the attack, stating that "We were not surprised." Long-distance aircraft fired missiles that struck Iranian Air Force assets at Isfahan in central Iran early Friday morning, the Jerusalem Post has confirmed. ...