The RBS 70 NG is a ‘beam-rider’, steered by a user-operated laser beam and is not susceptible to deception by counter-measures dispensed by target aircraft, like chaff or flares.
Saab offers India ‘unjammable’ RBS 70 NG VSHORAD
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Tag: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
South Africa to launch unmanned air vehicle in 2012
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The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) global market, which is estimated at $14 billion per annum and is dominated by Israel and the US, will soon have a contender in South Africa which will launch its own UAVs by 2012, state-run news agency BuaNews reported.
IAI to show-off Chinook-like UAV
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) debuts a UAV that looks like the US rotary heavy-lift workhorse, the Chinook.
Nishant UAV successfully tested by army ahead of induction
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India’s indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Nishant, has successfully completed its series of confirmatory trials carried out by the army at the Chandan ranges in Pokhran, Rajasthan, ahead of its induction.
French hobbyist augments UAV reality
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This is what happens when you throw together an obsessed and qualified hobbyist, augmented reality and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
Unmanned Bell 407 powers up
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Fire-X, an unmanned cargo version of the Bell 407 utility helicopter was supplied external power for the first time earlier this month and is expected to fly by the end of the year. The Fire-X combines the qualities of the Bell 407 and Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout.
IAF network goes live
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The gigabyte digital information grid of the Indian Air Force (IAF), AFNET (Air Force Network) went live after Defense Minister Arackaparambil Kurian Antony inaugurated it in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Saab offers DRDO underground radar
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Saab has offered its radar, CARABAS, to the Defense Research and Development Organization’s Electronics and Radar Development Establishment for evaluation. The radar can penetrate densely-forested areas and detect mines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) buried underground.
Germany to lease Israeli drones for Afghan Ops
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The German Army is to deploy the Israeli Heron UAV to increase their ISR capabilities in Afghanistan.
