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Latvia Confirms Interest in Acquiring Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 Drones
Latvian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Artis Pabriks has confirmed the country’s interest in buying Bayraktar TB2 combat drones from Turkey, which have been used on battlefields in Syria, Libya, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia,... More of this article »
Russian Forces Intercept 4 Bayraktar TB-2 Drones, 1 Missile While in Flight
Russian Forces brought down 4 Bayraktar TB-2 drones besides a Tochka-U tactical missile, while they were in flight. The equipment used in this offensive action was not specified during a Russian MoD briefing this morning. “During... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Paramount Group Configures Mwari Aircraft to Attack High Altitude Drones
South African Paramount Group has equipped its multi-mission Mwari aircraft with anti-drone technologies, enabling it to hunt and kill Medium Altitude and Long Endurance (MALE) Drones which otherwise require expensive ground-based... More of this article »
Russian Orion-E Drone Makes its First Kill in Ukraine
Russia’s new Orion-E attack drone, was used to destroy a military facility in Ukraine, marking its debut in the active conflict zone. Video footage released by the Russian defense ministry on March 4 shows the drone, also known... More of this article »
Fresh Supply of Bayraktar TB2 Drones Arrives in Ukraine
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced that new Bayraktar TB2 combat drones have arrived from Turkey and are being deployed in the field. The delivery comes amidst the Russian invasion into Ukrainian borders. These new drones... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Russia Developing Missiles for Firing from Internal Weapons Bay of Su-57, Drones
Russia’s Tactical Missile Corporation (KTRV) is developing several new missiles besides adapting existing ones to be launched from the internal weapons bay of stealth fighter jets such as the Su-57 and the proposed Su-75. Details... More of this article »
Is Ukraine the First Export Customer of Akinci Attack Drone?
Turkey’s Baykar has exported the first model of its latest drone, the Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). “We have also completed the first export contract of Bayraktar Akıncı UCAV. Within the... More of this article »
ingapore to Test Supersonic Attack Drone to Escort Manned Aircraft in Jan 2022
Singapore will test a new supersonic attack drone named ‘Arrow’ built to escort manned aircraft, besides performing a host of other functions, next month. Kelley Aerospace was chosen to build a drone that can destroy air and ground... More of this article »
Turkish Navy Gets First Aksungur Drone
The Turkish Navy took delivery of its first Aksungur medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Wednesday. “The first Aksungur UAV produced by TUSAS (Turkish Aerospace Industries) has been delivered to... More of this article »
Turkish Firm to Deliver 100 Military Drones to Indian Partner
A multirotor mini-UAV developed by Turkey’s Zyrone Dynamics is ready to be exported to India’s DCM Shriram which has a 30% stake in the Ankara-based company. Zyrone Dynamics is preparing for the first product delivery to its Indian... More of this article »
Egypt Reveals Indigenously-made Drones at EDEX-2021 Event
Egypt showcased two its first two homegrown drones – Neuth drone and EJune-30 SW – at EDEX-2021 exhibition in Cairo. The Neuth drone is named after Egyptian goddess of the sky. It is produced jointly by the Arab Organization... More of this article »
Russia Sold 50 Orlan-10E Drones to International Customers
Russia’s Rosoboronexport has so far sold over 50 Orlan-10E reconnaissance drones, head of the company Alexander Mikheev revealed today. Two likely customers of the Orlan-10E are Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan. The company is currently... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Rheinmetall Acquires German Drone Manufacturer EMT
Rheinmetall is taking over the activities of EMT, a well-known German unmanned aerial vehicle maker. The Group intends to maintain the company’s four locations in Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein and to integrate the current staff... More of this article »
Ukraine’s Ivchenko-Progress Selected as Engine Supplier for Turkish MIUS Drone Project
Turkey’s Baykar signed a contract with Ukrainian firm Ivchenko-Progress for the delivery of AI-322F Turbofan engines its Combat Unmanned Aircraft System (MIUS) project. The deal was signed between the parties at the SAHA EXPO Defense... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Turkey’s Drone-Killer UAV Makes First Flight
A Turkish-made Kamikaze drone ‘Fedai’ designed to neutralize other drone-borne threats has made its first flight. Fedai was primarily created by Havelsan and Transvaro. Various versions of this drone, capable of launching from... More of this article »
Baykar to Test Bayraktar TB3 Sea-Based UAV
Turkey’s Baykar Savunma will soon test two sea-based drones – Bayraktar TB3 and MUIS. “As everyone is talking about how drone technology is changing battle doctrines … one of our next objectives is the TB3 drone, capable... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Ukrainian Military Deploys Turkish-made Bayraktar Drone in Donbas
The Turkish-made deadly Bayraktar TB2 combat drone has been deployed at Donbas by the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation (JFO) for the first time. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Valeriy Zaluzhny,... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
New Kronshtadt Facility to Produce Tens of Russian Combat Drones, Unmanned Helicopters Annually
Russia’s Kronshtadt company is opening a new facility in Dubna just outside capital Moscow that will produce tens of combat drones and unmanned helicopters annually starting next year. “The capacities of our factory in Dubna... More of this article »
China’s CH-6 Killer Drone to Target America’s MQ-9A “Reaper” in Global Arms Market
China’s CH-6 high altitude, long endurance, attack-reconnaissance drone unveiled at the Zhuhai air show this week will target the General Atomics’MQ-9A “Reaper”in the global arms market. While earlier models of the CH series,... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Turkey Unveils New UAV Engine, VTOL Drone
Turkish engine producer Erin Motor on Thursday introduced a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) while drone-maker Baykar launched a Vertical take-off drone at the Teknofest event in Istanbul on Thursday. The firm showcased two types... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Pakistan Air Force’s CH-4 Drones Aiding Talib Forces in Panjshir
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is reportedly aiding the Taliban in their quest to capture Panjshir province of Afghanistan by providing them with Chinese-made armed CH-4 drones. CH-4 drones look almost identical to General Atomics MQ-9... More of this article »
Russian Drone Maker Kronstadt Signs First Export Contracts
Russian firm Kronstadt today announced contracts with several foreign countries for shipment of drones in 2022. The model(s) of drones or their numbers were not specified in a statement released by the company as reported by Zvezda,... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Pakistan Will Start Producing Components for Turkey’s Anka Combat Drone
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) said it inked a contract with Pakistan’s National Engineering and Science Commission (NESCOM) to produce components for TAI’s medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) combat drone, Anka. TAI... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
India’s DCM Shriram Industries Pays $3.5M to Buy 30% Stake in Turkish Drone Maker
India’s DCM Shriram Industries has acquired 30% of the Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) producer, Zyrone Dynamics, in a deal worth $3.5 million. Under the partnership, Zyrone will be providing the Indian company with technological... More of this article »
America’s Most Expensive Drone, RQ-4 Global Hawk, Crashes in North Dakota
The RQ-4 Global Hawk strategic reconnaissance drone of the U.S. Air Force crashed while returning from a mission in North Dakota, USA. The drone crashed in a rural field at about 7 a.m. on August 6 while it was returning to Grand... More of this article »
Albania Approves Bayraktar TB2 Drone Purchase
Albania’s parliament allocated an additional budget of more than €8 million for the procurement of Bayraktar TB2 drones from Turkey. The nod for such a contract came after Albanian Interior Minister Bledar Çuçi and military officials... More of this article »
New Ukrainian Attack Drone Concept Has Russian UAVs, Tanks in its Sights
Air Combat Evolution (ACE), a new Ukrainian company has released a promotional video of its conceptual drone called ACE-1, in which it is shown shooting what appears to be the Russian Orion drone and T90 tank. ACE-1 is claimed to... More of this article »
Ukraine’s PrAT Ramzay Develops Helicopter Drone with Laser Homing Missiles
Privately held Ukrainian Firm, PrAT Ramzay JSC has developed an armed helicopter drone together with laser homing missiles which will be unveiled at the Arms & Security International Expo later this month in Kyiv. The project... More of this article »
s Latvia the Next NATO Nation to Order Bayraktar TB2 Drones?
Latvia could follow Poland as the second European and NATO nation to order Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 drones. Latvian Minister of Defense Artis Pabriks led a delegation to visit Turkish UAV manufacturer Baykar’s R&D and Production... More of this article »
How Turkey’s Bayraktar Drones Became an International Success
Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 Drones have become an international success over the past couple of years notching up sales in Poland, Ukraine, Qatar, Azerbaijan and Morocco. Poland became its latest customer when Defense Minister Mariusz... More of this article »
How Turkey’s Bayraktar Drones Became an International Success
Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 Drones have become an international success over the past couple of years notching up sales in Poland, Ukraine, Qatar, Azerbaijan and Morocco. Poland became its latest customer when Defense Minister Mariusz... More of this article »
U.S. MQ-9 Drone gets Deadlier with New ‘Ghost Reaper Pods’
The U.S. Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper drone has received new capabilities including battlefield and airspace communications enhancements as well as target identification tracking and processing. On May 6, the Air Force said the 174th... More of this article »
U.S. Global Hawk Drone “Lost Contact” While Flying Over Ukraine: Russian Media
One of the two U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk drones conducting reconnaissance near Russian borders reported loss of communication and made a sharp turn to return, while it was flying close to Belgorod Oblast, recently. The alleged incident... More of this article »
New Russian Factory to Make ‘Inokhodet’ Attack Drone, Seen as Competitor to U.S.’ Predator
Orion-E Drone at Army 2020 Russian privately owned drone manufacturer, Kronstadt has announced the construction of a plant for the manufacture of ‘Inokhodet’ attack and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) similar to General... More of this article »
Canada Ceases Bayraktar TB2 Drone Tech Export to Turkey over its use in Nagorno-Karabakh
Canada has scrapped the export of drone technology to Turkey after it found that some of the Canadian-made systems had been used by the Azerbaijani side in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as well as in Syria. Defence export permits to... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Russia Tests Igla MANPADS, Buk Missile Systems Against Combat UAVs
The Russian Ministry of Defense said it recently tested the Igla man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) against combat UAVs in conjunction with the Buk medium-range air defense missile systems. “The crews of the Buk-M2 anti-aircraft... More of this article »
Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 Strikes Target at Longest Range Yet
Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 drone hit a target at the longest range to date with smart ammunition in a naval drill held in the Eastern Mediterranean last week. The drone included in Turkey’s Naval Forces Command (DzKK) inventory fired... More of this article »
Russian Electronic Warfare Systems Cannot Beat Bayraktar UAVs: Baykar
Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Baykar that manufactures Bayaraktar TB2 drones has claimed that these aircraft cannot be defeated by Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems. “Russian electronic warfare systems will not be able to interfere... More of this article »
Russia to Demo Anti-drone Repellent-Patrol EW system at IDEX 2021
Russia’s Rosoboronexport will demo its Repellent-Patrol EW system at IDEX 2021 that is capable of jamming malicious drones from up to 20 km away. The EW complex designed to destroy small-sized UAVs. It is available in both mobile... More of this article »
Pakistan Receives CH-4 Drones from China
A shipment containing an unspecified number of CH-4 Drones from China was received in Pakistan on January 15. According to a customs extract quoted by Pakistani website Quwa, 21 pieces of equipment other than drones were exported by... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
First Export of Russian Orlan-E Drones Goes to Myanmar
Russia has bagged its first ever contract to provide Orlan-10E drones it has been aggressively marketing for several years. On January 22, Myanmar placed an order for Pantsir S1 anti-aircraft systems and Orlan-10E drones. Although... More of this article »
Bayraktar Vertical Take-Off UAV revealed in Company Video
A prototype of a Bayraktar vertical take-off surveillance UAV has been revealed in a video made by Baykar, the Turkish drone manufacturer. In a video posted by Selçuk Bayraktar, Baykar Defense’s Technical Manager on social... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Saudi Arabia Produces Combat Drones after Turkey’s Tech Transfer
Saudi Arabia has commenced production of Haboob drone using technology shared by Turkey. An image of Haboob armed with Roketsan’s MAM-L ammunition was shared by Advanced Electronics Company (AEC). The new drones are based on Karayel... More of this article »
China’s WJ-700 Armed Reconnaissance Drone Completes Maiden Flight
China’s new WJ-700 high-altitude, long-endurance and high-speed armed reconnaissance drone successfully completed its maiden flight earlier this week. The “rare type” drone is capable of executing both attack and reconnaissance... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
In a First, Attack Drones Brought Down Using Smoke Screen, EW During Russian Exercise
Russian air defense artillery units brought down attack and reconnaissance drones using a smoke screen, electronic warfare equipment and radio intelligence. This is the first time that a combination of firepower and counter-measures... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
U.S. Set to OK MQ-9B Drone Sales to Morocco after it Normalizes Ties with Israel
The United States is set to approve the sale of MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones to Morocco soon after the Middle East country announced the normalization of ties with Israel. As part of the U.S.-brokered deal to normalize relations with... More of this article »
Ukrainian Air Defense to Train to Intercept American MQ-9 Reapers
In a first, an Ukrainian military exercise will feature the U.S. MQ-9 Reaper combat drone being intercepted by the military’s air defense system. The exercise will take place on the western border of the country, Air Force Command... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166
Ukraine to buy 5 more Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones in 2021
Ukraine wants to buy five new Bayraktar TB2 combat drones next year. “The decision has been made and planned. Next year, we will procure five new Bayraktars for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Ukrainian Armed Forces... More of this article »Warning: Undefined array key 0 in /home/defenseworld/public_html/wp-content/themes/responsalambre/functions.php on line 166