Some new information has emerged this week about future British drone programmes as BAE Systems held a media briefing at their Warton site to talk about their unmanned projects (our invitation was presumably lost in the post). According to the report by… Read More ›
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UK MoD release presentations on Reaper and Watchkeeper drones to Drone Wars UK under FoI
Last month the UK MoD’s Air Warfare Centre held a symposium on drones at the Shrivenham Defence Academy. While the overall theme of the symposium was how drones could help ‘UK Resilience Operations’, attendees were also given updates by senior military officials on… Read More ›
Drones at DSEi 2011
Drones were big news at this year’s DSEi arms fair, with many of the smaller ‘niche’ players launching new product and the ‘big boys’ showing off their wares and engaging in verbal fisticuffs about whose drone was biggest/ brightest/best. BAE… Read More ›
Drone industry gets updates on Reaper and Watchkeeper operations
On 8 September, the UK MoD’s Air Warfare Centre held what is apparently an annual symposium on drones at the Shrivenham Defence Academy. While the overall theme of the symposium was how drones could help ‘UK Resilience Operations’, attendees were also given updates… Read More ›
Waiting for the Watchkeeper?
News of the progress (or rather lack of it) on the UK’s Watchkeeper drone programme has emerged over the last few days. Due to enter service in February 2010, delayed to Spring 2011, the latest information according to Flight International, is… Read More ›
British troops learn drone war in Israel as Reaper replacement battle starts
‘UK Troops Use ‘War Crime Drones’ In Israel was a rather surprising headline this week from the sensational Sun Sky News. Behind the headline was the news that British troops are being trained by Israeli company Elbit to use Hermes and its… Read More ›
