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• Philip Butterworth-Hayes
Bristow Group has reserved 10 additional early delivery positions for Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, bringing its total reservation to 15. The expanded commitment strengthens Bristow’s planned role in deploying uncrewed electric cargo aircraft for logistics operations as Elroy advances the Chaparral program.
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Bristow Group has reserved 10 additional early delivery positions for Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft, bringing its total reservation to 15. The expanded commitment strengthens Bristow’s planned role in deploying uncrewed electric cargo aircraft for logistics operations as Elroy advances the Chaparral program.
Tekever will supply the British Army with an initial batch of six AR5 uncrewed air vehicles under a five-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence, establishing a dedicated procurement and support relationship for the company’s UAV platform.
Luxembourg has deployed additional airspace-detection assets after drone sightings prompted the temporary suspension of services at Luxembourg Airport late Friday. The move strengthens monitoring around the airport as authorities respond to an operational disruption caused by unidentified unmanned aircraft activity.
Ballistic missiles and drones struck near Riyadh’s international airport, setting storage tanks alight and sending a large plume of black smoke into the sky. The incident followed Saudi Arabia’s first overnight air-raid alert since fighting in neighboring Yemen intensified this month, prompting emergency firefighting response.
The US Air Force will introduce its Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones to a large-scale combat exercise in December, marking the first reported exercise deployment for uncrewed aircraft designed to operate alongside crewed fighters and another step toward operational integration.
Air and Space Force leaders are gathering to address how drones, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping the battlespace. Their focus is on adapting current force structures, operations and strategy to a radically changed future of warfare rather than waiting for those technologies to mature.
ASELSAN flew Bayraktar TB2 drones equipped with its ANTIDOT electronic-support and electronic-warfare pod and FULMAR 200 synthetic-aperture radar pod during an international demonstration in Konya, Turkey. Defense delegations from 18 countries observed the systems perform radar detection, SAR imaging and electronic-warfare missions.
Hybrid Air Vehicles is offering the Sentinel Hawk, a missionized variant of its Airlander 10 airship, for potential Pentagon intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance roles. A new joint venture is intended to support delivery of the platform for defense applications.
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