Indian Army Aviation to get two more in the next two to three months and will be deployed in Bhatinda, says its DG Ajay Kumar SuriThe Indian Navy received the first indigenously made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ‘Drishti 10 Starliner’ from the Adani Defence and Aerospace on Wednesday, with Admiral R Hari Kumar hoping that the drone “may turn out to be a third eye in the sky” for securing
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US, British forces shoot down 21 drones and missiles fired from Yemen
Washington (AFP) Jan 10, 2024
American and British forces shot down 18 drones and three missiles Tuesday that were launched by Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels toward international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, the US military said.
The attack came a week after 12 nations led by the United States warned the Huthis of consequences unless they immediately halted firing on commercial vessels – strikes the rebels say are i
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Indian Armed Forces Are In Process To Acquire 91 Israeli Heron MK-2 Drone In The Coming Year
Indian Armed Forces are in Process to acquire 91 Israeli Heron MK-2 drone in coming year. These UAVs will be Made in India wholly or partly under Indian Gov Make in India according to a report by Srinjoy Chowdhury of TimesNow.The deal would be worth ₹30,000 crores and the Army is to get 27, IAF 42 & Navy 22 drones. Serious Efforts are made to conclude the deal before 2024 Lok Sabha elections
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From drones to sonobuoys, AUKUS partners betting on AI
The U.S. Department of Defense requested $1.8 billion for artificial intelligence in fiscal 2024.
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Russia May Have Deployed Faster Shahed Drone in Ukraine
Russia may have debuted an upgraded jet-powered Sahed drone that is harder to intercept in Ukraine.
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L3Harris to Fit Sensors to Canada’s SkyGuardian Drones
L3Harris has signed a deal to provide electro-optical and infrared sensors to Canada’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
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Surprise launch of Chinese satellite triggers missile attack alerts in Taiwan
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 9, 2024
A Chinese satellite launch Tuesday inadvertently triggered missile attack alerts in neighboring Taiwan after the Long March rocket unexpectedly passed over the southwestern edge of the island’s defense airspace as it left the Earth’s atmosphere.
The trajectory of the spacecraft, which blasted off shortly after 3 p.m. local time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center 1,200 miles away i -
Mine-spotting drones and tracked robots: The Army’s efforts to breach minefields with tech
Advanced drones can use machine learning to identify specific mine types.
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18 Rocket Lab Satellites for SDA to Carry Standard Tactical SATCOM Radios, As Agency Awaits Funding for Advanced Tactical Data Links
The 18 Rocket Lab USA [RKLB] satellites for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Tranche 2, Transport Layer (T2TL)-Beta are to have standard tactical satellite communications (SATCOM) links, as
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China satellite launch triggers Taiwan emergency phone alert
Taipei (AFP) Jan 9, 2024
A Chinese satellite launch triggered Taiwan’s emergency phone alert system on Tuesday, days before the self-ruled island holds a crucial presidential election that has heightened security worries around the region.
Chinese state media said that Beijing had successfully launched the “Einstein Probe satellite using the Long March-2C carrier rocket at the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre”.