Small bombs, big effect: arming small UAVs with guided weapons
2014年12月16日 · Raytheon unveiled its small tactical munition – now known as the Pyros – with an advanced semi-active laser and three choices of guidance including GPS, inertial navigation and laser designation. At 55cm long and weighing only 6kg, the Pyros is ideally suited for tactical UAVs and can even be programmed for height-of-burst, point-of-impact ...
The 82nd Airborne is dropping munitions from drones - Task
2024年2月15日 · Taking a lesson from Ukraine’s tactics in its defense against the Russian invasion, soldiers at the North Carolina base are the “first installation” where the Army can train to drop munitions...
Munitions Modernization: The Family of Drone Munitions
2024年10月17日 · Drone-dropped munitions are distinct. They are explosives delivered (dropped) by UAVs while offering advantages like precise targeting, reduced risk to pilots, and the potential for...
Northrop Completes Air-Launched Miniature Munition Drop …
2023年1月25日 · Northrop Grumman wrapped up live testing of an air-launched munition, moving closer to deployment. The Hatchet miniature precision strike weapon was put through a series of tests over the last six months, the most recent at Project …
New Drone Can Drop Variety of Munitions on Targets
2023年8月14日 · — A manufacturer has developed a cigar-shaped advanced delivery drone that can efficiently drop a variety of munitions on targets without loitering. The new unmanned aerial vehicle AeroStrike is based on a counter-drone product, AeroGuard, which was designed to detect, capture and dispose of aerial threats, said Max Klein, chief technology ...
AeroVironment Switchblade - Wikipedia
The AeroVironment Switchblade is a miniature loitering munition designed by AeroVironment and used by several branches of the United States military. Small enough to fit in a backpack, the Switchblade launches from a tube, flies to the target area, and crashes into its target while detonating its explosive warhead.
Shryke Precision Munitions Successfully Dropped from Integrator …
2023年12月15日 · Insitu has conducted its first successful test drop of inert GPS-guided Shryke munitions from the Integrator Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) in collaboration with Corvid and L3Harris Technologies. Shryke, developed by Corvid Technologies with L3Harris, is said to be known for its multi-mission precision strike and versatility and is another ...
Bayraktars and Grenade-Dropping Quadcopters - Army University …
Modern drones provide outstanding aerial capabilities at all echelons, from a frontline infantry soldier using a small, commercial quadcopter to surveil enemy positions, to large UAS equipped with...
EDGE to Integrate Precision-Guided Munition onto Baykar TB2 …
2024年1月26日 · The Bayraktar TB2 is a medium-altitude long-endurance tactical UAV, capable of conducting ISR and armed attack missions with fully autonomous taxiing, take-off, landing and cruise.
AeroVironment Demonstrates Drop Of Multiple Shryke Munitions …
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Tuesday said it conducted the first successful drop of multiple GPS-guided live-fire Shryke munitions from the company’s VAPOR 55 MX unmanned aircraft system (UAS), demonstrating the potential punch of the man-portable system.