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https://sputnikglobe.com/20240812/from-lancets-and-super-pantsirs-to-small-missile-subs-and-drone-docks-whats-new-at-army-2024-1119737530.html From Lancets and Super Pantsirs to Small Missile Subs and Drone Docks: What’s New at ARMY-2024? From Lancets and Super Pantsirs to Small Missile Subs and Drone Docks: What’s New at ARMY-2024? Sputnik International This year’s ARMY forum is being attended by military delegations from 83 countries, with over …

The proliferation and availability of small drones is allowing Army units at lower echelons to see and sense farther, negating the need for larger or more exquisite platforms or risking forward observers. As part of a new Army concept, the 25th Infantry Division has been able to test new equipment …

Small aerial drones have dominated the battlefield in Ukraine, but according to French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre Schill, they could soon lose their combat advantage. Speaking at the Eurosatory defense show in Paris on June 19, Schill said that their advantage represented merely “a moment in history,” Defense …

PARIS — The advantage now enjoyed by small aerial drones on battlefields including in Ukraine is but “a moment in history,” French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre Schill said at the Eurosatory defense show in Paris. While anti-drone systems are lagging and “leave the sky open to things that …

To close the existing capability gaps in mobile defence against drones at short range, Rheinmetall Electronics and MBDA Deutschland signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) at ILA 2024. The companies intend to integrate MBDA’s Small Anti Drone Missile (SADM) into the Skyranger 30 and other Rheinmetall military vehicles. Utilising Enforcer …

By Nick Paton Walsh, Kosta Gak and Christian Streib, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — Zip-tying old grenades and mortars to tiny, online-bought drones, and using virtual reality headsets to direct them into Russian targets. It is not the war this four-man drone unit initially signed up for, but it is as effective as it …

A new program manager stepped into command for the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems program office (PMA-263) during a change of command ceremony Sept. 21 at Naval Air Warfare Center Webster Outlying Field, St. Inigoes, Maryland. During the ceremony overlooking the St. Mary’s River at Unmanned …

A pioneer of drone technology and applications for more than 20 years, MITRE opened a new facility dedicated to small uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). The site in Orange, Va., serves as a proving ground for MITRE’s technologists and U.S. government sponsors who develop, test, and evaluate the newest technological advances …

Battlefields entered a new era with the introduction of small unmanned aerial vehicles, or sUAVs. Commonly called drones, sUAVs enable soldiers to gain an aerial view of the battlefield and improve their situational awareness of the battlespace. Designed for low-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions that depend on rapid deployment …

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, has released its latest small UAS product, the Skiron Expeditionary sUAS, or SKIRON-X. This Group 2 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) combines the simple operation of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) configuration with the longer range and endurance of a fixed-wing design. SKIRON-X …