A new chapter in modern warfare may be opening with China’s drone carrier, a platform that could become the central actor in large-scale robotic combat. In Beijing, it was officially announced that the AVIC Jiutian, a massive unmanned aircraft developed by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), has successfully completed its first flight.
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Dec
Dec
The Bayraktar Kızılelma, a next-generation unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) developed by the Turkish defense firm Baykar, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful integration and testing of a domestically produced low-observable electro-optical targeting system (EOTS) Aselsan.
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Nov
Nov
In a strategic move to bolster its defense infrastructure, Singapore, one of the world’s wealthiest nations by GDP per capita, has integrated the advanced Hermes 900 unmanned aerial system (UAS) from Elbit Systems into its arsenal.
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Oct
Oct
In an era marked by escalating geopolitical frictions across the Indo-Pacific and Eastern Europe, defense innovator Shield AI has introduced the X-BAT, an AI-piloted vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) platform poised to redefine expeditionary air operations.
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Oct
Oct
Sikorsky, a division of Lockheed Martin renowned for its pioneering work in vertical lift technologies, has reengineered the iconic UH-60 Black Hawk into the S-70UAS U-Hawk, a fully autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that prioritizes enhanced payload versatility over traditional crewed configurations.
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Oct
Oct
In the high-stakes arena of modern defense and surveillance, the European Union stands at a crossroads.