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Mar- 2025 -

3 March

Turkish Akinci Drone Flight-Tested With Domestic AESA Radar

Turkish defense firm Baykar has flight-tested the Murad 100-A active electronically scanned array radar with its Akinci long-range combat drone.

3 March

Shipment of combat drones from Latvia to Ukraine.

Giulia Bernacchi

Latvia Begins Delivering First 500 of 12,000 Combat Drones to Kyiv

Latvia has started delivering a new batch of 500 combat drones to Ukraine as part of an international drone coalition to support Kyiv.

Feb- 2025 -

28 February

An Australian Army 4th Brigade soldier launches a Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Aerial System during urban operations training at the RAAF Williams, Point Cook on 26 May, as a part of Exercise Abel Diemen 2023. *** Local Caption *** The 4th Brigade is conducting Exercise ABEL DIEMEN across locations in Victoria and Tasmania from 19 to 28 May 2023. The 10-day training exercise provides soldiers with the opportunity to practice the types of tasks applicable in domestic and regional security operations following an ADF Call-Out under provisions for Defence Force Aid to the Civil Authority (DFACA), as well as carry out training to improve and maintain Foundation Warfighting skills.

Rojoef Manuel

German Military Orders Black Hornet Nano Drones From Teledyne FLIR

Teledyne FLIR Defense has been contracted to supply its Black Hornet 4 nano drones to the German Armed Forces.

28 February

A V-BAT in flight over the California coast. Photo by Shield AI.

Inder Singh Bisht

Romanian Navy to Acquire V-BAT Drones for $30 Million

The Romanian Naval Forces will acquire MQ-35A V-BAT vertical take-off and landing drones from the US.

26 February

Joe Saballa

Spain Chooses US-Made Skydio X10D Drones to Boost ISR Capabilities

Spain has selected US drone manufacturer Skydio to provide small drones for enhanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.

25 February

A gray General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian is seen flying above the clouds. On the far right side of the background, a mountain range is seen peeking out. The scenery is tinged in the setting sun's orange hues.

Giulia Bernacchi

General Atomics, CAE Partner to Develop SkyGuardian Training System

General Atomics and CAE have partnered to develop the next-generation mission trainer for the MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone.

24 February

Bayraktar TB2 with AI features and turbo engine.

Giulia Bernacchi

Baykar Tests TB2 Drone Equipped With AI Features, Turbo Engine

Turkish firm Baykar has tested its Bayraktar TB2T-AI drone, a "rebirthed" version of the TB2 equipped with advanced artificial intelligence and a turbo engine.

24 February

Pictured: Peregrine Rotary Wing UAV, Schiebel S-100 Camcopter operating during REPMUS 22 REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation & Prototyping augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems) is a Portuguese Maritime Operational Experimentation Exercise, which takes place annually. It was established as simply REP in 2004 and grown year on year. In 2014 NATO CMRE were invited to take part for the first time and then an invitation was issued in early 2019 for NATOs Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative (MUSI) to take part, which they did later that year and again in 2021 and this year. (2020 did not occur because of the global pandemic) providing a significant boost to the scope and scale of REPMUS. REPMUS is a testing ground designed to allow a large-scale experimentation where NATO navies can collaborate with each other and with Academia and Industry to develop and test unmanned system capabilities, to build interoperability & interchangeability and to develop operational concepts, tactics, techniques and procedures.

Rojoef Manuel

UK Navy Peregrine Helicopter Drone Conducts First Operation in Middle East

The Royal Navy has used its S-100 Peregrine rotary-wing unmanned aerial system for the first time in the Middle East.

24 February

Christine Casimiro

Huge Potential for Saudi Arabia to Buy MQ-9B Drones: General Atomics Exec

Saudi Arabia has reportedly expressed interest in purchasing General Atomics’ MQ-9B SeaGuardian unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

23 February

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Launched ‘Record’ 267 Drones on Ukraine Overnight: Ukrainian Army

Russia launched 267 drones on Ukraine overnight, a "record" since the February 2022 invasion, the Ukrainian air force said Sunday.

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