The trench war in Ukraine is a test bed for the future of air combat: drone warfare. “Nowadays, the use of converted drones by Ukrainian military forces is a valuable tool in daily reconnaissance for infantry units on the front line, making strikes against enemy vehicles and artillery positions, as well as providing intelligence for [special operations forces] and providing constant support during patrolling missions,” Staff Sgt. Kostiantyn Denysiuk, a Ukrainian special operations forces company first sergeant, told Coffee or Die Magazine.
Despite the heavy Armenian armoured losses, the key lessons from the videos Azerbaijan has published online are not about armour. Rather, they reflect how the density of sensors on the modern battlefield is changing the balance in combined arms warfare.
The US Army for the first time caught and recovered Area-I Altius “air-launched effects” drones in midair using a quadcopter during Project Convergence exercises in August and September.
The utility and limitations of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are once again apparent in Libya’s civil war. Both the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Government of National Accord (GNA) are ‘operating’ and receiving external support with UAVs for the purposes of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and ground attack in the fighting on the outskirts of Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
During a recent display of Vietnamese military equipment, Hanoi revealed for the first time a mock-up of a weaponised uninhabited aerial vehicle. While UAVs will play an increasing role in Vietnam’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance inventory, it is less clear how the armed Viettel mock-up fits with the country’s wider defence plans.
About: A large commercial drone Feihong-98 (FH-98) developed and modified by the China Academy of Aerospace Electronics Technology made a test flight in north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Feihong-98 (FH-98) is now the world’s largest unmanned transport aircraft, with a maximum payload of up to 1.5 tonnes. It was adapted from the prototype of the Shifei Y5B, a China-developed transport plane. The FH-98 features simple take-off and landing, simple operation, advanced technology, at an affordable cost.
Bei den Testflügen wird weiter an der Schwarmfunktionalität der SparrowHawk-Drohnen gearbeitet. SparrowHawk ist ein von GA-ASI neu entwickeltes unbemanntes Luftfahrzeug (UAV), die als „kleine“ Drohne und Nutzlast durch eine größere Drohne der Klasse Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) bspw. des Typs MQ-9-Reaper der US Air Force (USAF) oder MQ-1C-Grey Eagle der US Army abgesetzt und wieder aufgenommen werden kann.
N. Razmjooy, V. Estrela, and R. Sabatini. Imaging and Sensing for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Volume 1: Control and Performance, Institution of Engineering and Technology, (April 2020)
R. Aroma, K. Raimond, N. Razmjooy, V. Estrela, and J. Hemanth. Imaging and Sensing for Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Volume 2: Deployment and Applications, Institution of Engineering and Technology, (April 2020)