Asisguard Songar UAV secured a deal to Fly in Africa
Asisguard has secured an export deal with a nation in Africa. The country’s name is being kept private. The company inked the deal at the Saha Expo 2021.
Unmanned Systems News
Baykar inks Akıncı Engine agreement
Turkish UAV Manufacterer Baykar and Ukranian engine producer Motor Sich sign engine procurement agreement at Saha Expo.
Baykar inks UCAS Engine agreement at Saha Expo
Turkish UAV Manufacterer Baykar and Ukranian engine producer Ivchenko Progress sign engine procurement agreement.
SSB Pushes for UGVs
President of SSB, Professor İsmail Demir, wants to repeat the success of UAVs on the unmanned ground, marine and submarine vehicles.
Gremlins Program Demonstrates Airborne Recovery
DARPA announced that it managed the airborne recovery of unmanned air vehicles at the Gremlins Program with two X-61 Gremlin Air Vehicles (GAV).
Romania to Manufacture Israel’s Heron
IAR-Brasov, a Romanian defence corporation, and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have agreed on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Akıncı Observed in the Fog
Baykar Defence, a Turkish UAV maker, posted two photographs of the Akıncı UCAV on its social media sites. The UCAV was spotted on the ground, shrouded in fog.
Hungary Tests Vestel’s Karayel-SU UCAV
Turkish Vestel Defence’s Karayel-SU is being tested at Pápa Bázisrepültér (Pápa Air Base), which is located 160 kilometres west of Budapest.
Ukraine May Acquire More TB2s
Kyiv intends to increase the number of Turkish TB2 drones, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Shaptala said during a television interview.
A twitter account shared TB2 UAV's photo from Morocco skies
A Moroccan Twitter account, @IsmailINTEL, shared the photo of a Turkish TB2 armed UAV in the sky. Two more photos were later distributed on social media.
U.S. Abrams Tank Gets Autoloader and Unmanned Turret
The U.S. Army’s Abrams MBT have an Unmanned Turret and autoloader. The four-personnel tank will be equipped with three crew.
Roketsan Unveils Integrated Border Security Solutions
Roketsan unveiled its border security and critical facility protection project on its YouTube account and Military Radar and Border Security Summit MRBS.
US Backs TB2 User Ukraine
Turkish TB2 drone in Donbas revealed another crack in the wall. The US Embassy in Ukraine provided support to Kyiv, confronting France and Germany.
France Considers the TB2 UCAV as a heavy weapon
France objected to using the Turkish TB2 UCAV in Ukraine’s Donbas area, claiming it was a heavy weapon saying it was “concerned” due to TB2.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 US Air Force expands focus on contested logistics operations - The US Air Force is increasing investment in contested logistics concepts, including autonomous resu...
- 09:00 European defence planners prioritise protection of ammunition facilities - European governments are investing in hardened storage sites and dispersed ammunition facilities to...
- 09:00 China advances integration of AI into military decision support - China is expanding efforts to incorporate artificial intelligence into command, intelligence and bat...
- 09:00 Japan strengthens rapid deployment capability for remote islands - Japan is enhancing airlift, sealift and logistics capabilities to reinforce remote island territorie...
- 09:00 Autonomous underwater vehicles gain importance in seabed security - Navies are increasingly deploying autonomous underwater vehicles to monitor seabed activity and prot...
- 09:00 Counter-drone systems increasingly combine soft-kill and hard-kill methods - Military organisations are adopting layered counter-UAS architectures that integrate jamming, spoofi...
- 09:00 Hypersonic missile threats accelerate investment in early warning networks - Defence agencies are expanding space-based and terrestrial early warning systems to improve detectio...
- 09:00 Distributed satellite constellations become standard military approach - Military space planners increasingly favour distributed constellations of smaller satellites to impr...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft drive changes in airpower doctrine - Air forces are adapting operational doctrine to incorporate autonomous collaborative aircraft that c...
- 09:00 Production depth increasingly determines defence export success - Defence customers are placing growing emphasis on supplier production capacity, delivery speed and l...
