Israel hit SA-17 missiles shipment

A former senior security official in Lebanon told the Washington Post that the attack involved a missile fired by an unmanned Israel aircraft at a truck the Lebanon-Syria border. (Read more)

 

 

 

Israel: IAF chief warns

The volatile situation in Syria may force Israel to deal with "Western, Eastern and locally-produced weapons, including surface-to-surface missiles, drones, cruise missiles and unconventional weapons". (Read more)

U.S. Weighs Base for Spy Drones in North Africa

A handful of unarmed Predator drones would carry out surveillance missions in the region. The Africa Command’s plan still needs approval from the Pentagon and eventually from the White House. If approved, the base could ultimately have as many as 300 United States military and contractor personnel, but it would probably begin with far fewer people than that, military officials said. (Read more)

Formación técnica del MQ-9 Reaper con tecnología FDM: Sheppard Air Force Base

Formar a quienes han de trabajar en el mantenimiento de tecnología militar avanzada se convierte a menudo en todo un reto a múltiples niveles, ya que dada la naturaleza de su aplicación, los usuarios deben adquirir conocimiento preciso acerca de todos los componentes a reparar: Localización, aspecto, impresión tactil, montaje, desmontaje, etc. Para solucionar esa dificultad, el Departamento de Formación Técnica de la Sheppard Air Force Base (Wichita Falls, Texas) concibió hace tiempo un plan alternativo: Replicar en plástico ciertos componentes mediante ingeniería inversa, evitando así el tener que recurrir al uso de componentes reales (seguir leyendo)

 

 

Elbit Systems to sell UAV to US Army

Subsidiary of Israeli defense electronics manufacturer selected for award to provide US Army with Skylark I-LE Block II, a long-range Small Unmanned Aircraft System with capabilities normally associated with larger class unmanned system (read more)

 

Northrop Grumman, Navy Select Telephonics Radar For Fire Scout UAS

 

 

Northrop Grumman, under contract to the U.S. Navy, has selected Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, Long Island, N.Y., to provide a multimode maritime radar system for the Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle. (Read more)

Britain's New Stealth Bomber Is Unmanned And Fully Autonomous

The Taranis, named for the Celtic god of thunder will fly faster than the speed of sound and beyond the eye of enemy radar with its single-wing stealth design.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/britain-new-supersonic-drone-uav-taranis-will-replace-bomber-fleet-2013-1#ixzz2I85eTpdK