Zitat:Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced Thursday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to collaborate in developing manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) systems.

The two companies will work on mounting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) aboard KAI’s domestically developed light armed helicopters (LAH). The collaboration could give Korea's military forces unmanned loitering munitions systems, in which a helicopter would hover at distance while an onboard UAV searches for targets and attacks once a specific target is located.

The announcement came a few days after South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said that KAI is aiming to provide its Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) with a MUM-T capability. KAI’s LAH is due to complete development in 2022.

“The manned-unmanned system will allow pilots to approach and launch unmanned, weaponized aerial vehicles that will fire on or bomb enemy targets without posing a risk to the pilots themselves,” said KAI publicity representative Han Jeong-eun in a phone interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily on Thursday.

Zitat:Our Boeing Australia team and the Royal Australian Air Force have completed the first flight of the #LoyalWingman​. The aircraft is a smart human-machine team that’s designed to protect other piloted aircraft.

Zitat:Giant Kaman 22 drones unveiled by Iran air force

Saying that the work on Kaman 22 is in the final stages, the Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF), Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said that Kaman 22 drone is the first wide-body combat drone in the country capable of carrying all types of cargo with very high flight duration and a range of 3,000 kilometers. [...] Regarding the new product, Nasirzadeh had earlier said that a giant drone called Kaman 22 which is able to carry 300kg explosives will join the fleet of armed drones.

Zitat:Ukrainian-based aerospace company Skyeton announced that Raybird 3 tactical unmanned aircraft system has successfully achieved fully autonomous takeoff from a moving car.

“We have successfully tested a new car launch system,” the company said on Facebook adding that “It is designed for flights in areas located at altitudes of 1000 m above sea level and above.”

Zitat:The #Ariete MBT in service with Army is able to "shoot" from his 120mm gun (with use of compressed air), a little UAV (contained in a cartridge) #Horus able to carry out tactical reconnaissance missions & scout; made by #Leonardo. This can work too with #Freccia and #LMV.

Zitat:As part of the distribution agreement with DroneShield, Zenith AeroTech will incorporate DroneShield’s DroneSentry-C2TM command-and-control ecosystem into its own family of TAVs, along with an Echodyne EchoFlight radar, to counter drone or drone swarm attacks.

“By putting a detection capability on a TAV, which typically flies at 400 feet, you get better range than if you were to have these systems on a pole or ground vehicle,” said Kutlay Kaya, CEO of Zenith Aerotech. “Also, your alerts will be more accurate because, at elevation, you’ve eliminated clutter.”

The integration of Echodyne radars on Zenith Aerotech’s TAV also enables simplified mission planning, added Shane Shamblin, Echodyne’s director of DoD Programs.

Zenith AeroTech offers three different TAV platforms: Hexa, Quad 8, and Quadro.

In contrast to standard drones, these three TAVs can stay aloft for hours—and even days.

Zitat:Bayraktar TB2 – Polen beschafft türkische Kampfdrohne


Bereits Mitte letzter Woche ließ der polnische Verteidigungsminister Mariusz Błaszczak in einem Tweet durchblicken, dass Polen eine Drohne aus türkischer Produktion beschaffen könnte. Auf der angehangenen Grafik war eindeutig die bewaffnungsfähige Drohne vom Typ Bayraktar TB2 zu sehen. Heute hat das polnische Verteidigungsministerium die Beschaffung nun offiziell bestätigt.

Das von Polen bestellte Paket beinhaltet nach den Worten des Verteidigungsministers neben den 24 Luftfahrzeugen auch vier Bodenstationen, sowie ein Ausbildungs- und Logistikpaket. Die Auslieferung der ersten Bodenstation samt 6 Drohnen ist bereits für das Jahr 2022 vorgesehen. In Bezug auf die Bewaffnung sprach sowohl der Minister als auch die offizielle Bekanntgabe des polnischen Verteidigungsministeriums nur von Panzerabwehrlenkflugkörpern. Es ist naheliegend, dass damit die von in Ankara beheimateten ROKETSAN Konzern gefertigten lasergelenkten L-UMTAS mit einer Reichweite von bis zu 8000 m gemeint sind. Schließlich ist nicht bekannt, dass ein weiterer Lenkflugkörper bereits eine Integration in das Bayraktar TB2 Drohnensystem erhalten hätte.