Amak news agency reporting from Syria posted images online purporting to show an American Predator drone orbiting the skies of Kobane, a Syrian Kurdish town on the border with Turkey. Kobane, also known as Ayn Al Arab, has been under siege by Islamic State militants since Sept. 15. Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units—a.k.a. […]
Indulging our inner narcissist, the next big idea in wearable technology isn’t a smart phone for your wrist but a personal drone designed to take selfies. Meet a new breed of personal quadcopter designed to be worn like a watch. The Nixie, a current project competing in Intel’s Make It Wearable Challenge, aims to allow users to have […]
According to Chinese press reports a family of inflatable UAVs were unveiled at the 29-31 August 2014 Tianjin International UAV and Model Aircraft Technology Exhibition. The UAVs were designated SF-1, SF-2 and SF-3 with wingspans of 2.5 m, 3 m and 4.3 m respectively. Chief designer Zhang Bing Yan explained the UAVs have a load of 25 […]
Boeing continues to successfully fly the QF-16 in live fire exercises to prepare for final testing as F-16s of Batch 2 head toward conversion. Flying above the skies of the White Sands Missile Range, the QF-16 represent the increasing combat capabilities of fourth-generation fighters, including the MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-30. Most recently in July, Boeing simulated a missile strike on the […]
Handheld footage appears to show a US Predator over the skies of Anbar province in Western Iraq, according to an Iraqi activist group. Footage uploaded to Youtube on 24JUL14 purports to show a US drone undertaking surveillance operations over the skies of Anbar province, Iraq. A freeze frame taken from the video (observed above) would […]
Back in October 2011, Craig Whitlock of the Washington Post reported that the Arba Minch drone apron was operational with Reapers supporting counter terrorism missions. Although not much has surfaced in the press, many suspect that Reapers flown from this location are used to patrol the border and target Al Shabab in neighboring Somalia. A review of […]
