The Ukrainian group of volunteer engineers ‘Wild Hornets’ demonstrated an FPV drone that boasts a target detection, lock-on, and tracking system, releasing the corresponding video on their X/Twitter account. Training Wild Hornets 🐝🔥 Details later 😎 #WildHornets #ukrainewarnews pic.twitter.com/2qi1LNB0do — Wild hornets (@wilendhornets) April 20, 2024 Ukrainian military news portal …
Read More »Long-range drone helps Fisheries Queensland target illegal f…
In short: A new drone has been deployed against illegal fishing in Queensland’s protected waters. “Virtually undetectable” to illegal fishers, the drone is helping authorities enforce compliance. What’s next? Now successfully trialled, the drone will target hotspots known for illegal fishing in the Great Barrier Reef. Life for illegal fishers off the coast of Queensland just got harder …
Read More »Russia Deploys RPG Rocket-Armed Aerial FPV Drones to Target …
The Russian Ministry of Defense released a video on April 6, 2024, demonstrating the use of innovative drone warfare tactics. The footage showcased First Person View (FPV) drones, armed with the warhead of an RPG-7 type rocket, being used by the Russian armed forces to target Ukrainian patrol boats on …
Read More »USAF, DOD Working on New Target Drones to Simulate 5th-Gen T…
The Department of Defense and the Army last month revived a dormant effort to build a target drone that can mimic cutting-edge adversary aircraft—and perhaps breathe new life into the Air Force’s plans for a “Next Generation Aerial Target.” Army Contracting Command and DOD’s Test Resources Management Center announced a …
Read More »Kratos to Supply Target Drones to US Army in $95M Deal
Kratos Defense has received a $95-million contract to supply unmanned target systems to the US Army. According to the contract announcement, the target drones must be fixed-wing, subscale, and jet-propelled. However, it did not specify which in the Kratos family of unmanned target systems will be delivered. The American technology …
Read More »Saudi-led coalition strikes target Yemen capital after drone…
Issued on: 14/02/2022 – 03:03 The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen destroyed a communications system on Monday used for drone attacks and located near the telecoms ministry in Sanaa, it said in a statement. Riyadh intervened in the Yemeni civil war in 2015 to support the government against …
Read More »Drone attack on PA substation was first one to target energy…
A modified commercial drone may have been responsible for an attempted attack on a Pennsylvania power substation last year, the first reported case of a drone assault on the U.S.’s energy infrastructure. Authorities believe a DJI Mavic 2 drone with a thick copper wire tethered to it was found in …
Read More »Turkey converts high-speed target drone into missile
25 October 2021 17:16 (UTC+04:00) 430 By Vugar Khalilov Defence Industry Chief Ismail Demir has said that Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) converted the SIMSEK (Lightning) high-speed target drone into a missile, Yeni Shafak newspaper has reported. “Our target plane, SIMSEK, tired of being hit, has now decided to shoot! SIMSEK has …
Read More »Target Drones Market to Reach USD 7.26 Billion By 2027 Growi…
The increasing focus on the application of the target-drones in military sector and augmenting funding in the defense & homeland security department are the major factors stimulating the growth of the target drones market.c /EIN News/ — Vancouver, British Columbia, Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Global Target Drones …
Read More »Airport chiefs test radar system that can target drones over…
While nets and darts are limited to a range of under one kilometre, Qinetiq says radio frequency jamming can disable drones up to three kilometres or 1.8 miles away. Jamming can disrupt local wifi, communications and GPS so Qinetiq said it needed to be deployed “very carefully” but it believes …
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