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As the US Navy was withdrawing its RQ-2 Pioneers from service, it began to seek a second generation UAV.The Navy requirement specified a vertical takeoff & landing aircraft, with a payload capacity of 90 kg (200 lb), a range of 125 miles (200 km), an endurance on station of three hours at an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,100 m), and the ability to land on a ship in a 29 mph (47 km/h; 13 m/s) wind.
SSM invited two companies to compete for a prototype demonstration phase of the Tactical UAS Program. In 2009, Kale-Baykar, a joint venture between the Kale Group and Baykar Technologies, demonstrated Block A (named Bayraktar Çaldıran) [ 13 ] with its dual redundant avionics system and fully autonomous takeoff and landing capability.
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or unmanned aircraft system (UAS), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft with no human pilot, crew, or passengers onboard. UAVs were originally developed through the twentieth century for military missions too "dull, dirty or dangerous" [ 1 ] for humans, and by the twenty-first, they had become essential ...
Another interested contenders are Zuzana 2 8×8 SPH, also from Slovakia, Nora B-52 from Serbia, Denel T5-52 from South Africa and SH-15 155 mm SPH from China. [165] It is reported that in October 2024, Malaysian Army has selected the EVA M2 155 mm SPH as future self-propelled howitzer. [10] Short Range Air Defense System Program Starstreak (SAM)
In service since 2008 [10] Benelli M4 Italy: Semi-automatic combat shotgun 12-gauge: Adopted on November 17, 2023, for counter-UAS operations by the Belgian Air Force. [11] Grenade launchers FN40GL Belgium: Under barrel grenade launcher: 40×46mm LV: Used by special forces mounted under FN SCAR rifles. 507 on order to replace the F2000 on a ...
MA-2 MK-I Light machine gun: MA-2 MK-I A1 (upgraded variant of MA-2 MK-I) 5.56×45mm NATO Israel Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma / Union of Myanmar: MA-2 MK-II Light machine gun: 5.56×45mm NATO Israel Union of Myanmar: Sniper rifles; BA100 Designated marksman rifle: Clone of the Heckler & Koch G3 rifle - marksman variant 7.62×51mm ...
The need for NextGen became apparent during the summer of 2000 when air travel was impeded by severe congestion and costly delays. Two years later, the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry recommended that a multiagency task force develop an integrated plan to transform the U.S. air transportation system.
The company refined the design, taking it in two separate directions. The first was a jet-powered version; "Predator B-002" was fitted with a Williams FJ44-2A turbofan engine with 10.2 kilonewtons (2,300 lbf) thrust. It had payload capacity of 475 pounds (215 kg), a ceiling of 60,000 feet (18 km) and endurance of 12 hours.