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https://www.airforcemag.com/details-emerge-on-new-unmanned-long-range-bomber-and-fighter-projects/ So uuh... Supersonic?

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42875/indias-secretive-stealthy-unmanned-combat-air-vehicle-demonstrator-breaks-cover View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q9VrwD0bSI

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2019/09/houthi-drone-and-missile-handbook.html?m=1 I’d like to know in particular the story behind the cannibalized Luna rockets

View: https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel/status/1379231583492710402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1379231583492710402%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.strategicfront.org%2Fforums%2Fthreads%2Fus-military-technology.2769%2Fpage-11

https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/kelley-aerospace-unveils-supersonic-combat-drone-concept/142635.article paywalled https://www.autoevolution.com/news/supersonic-combat-drones-are-a-thing-now-thanks-to-kelley-aerospace-156837.html Looks LO. Not sure how not having vertical stabilizer...

With Turkey set to become one of the largest operators of UAVs, I think it's suitable to open up a thread which records development and fielding of the UAVs. Two major companies developing UAVs in Turkey; Baykar Makina Turkish Aerospace Industries Baykar Makina Bayraktar TB2 - Tactical Drone...

AQUILINE was a CIA project to develop a low-flying surveillance RPV in the late 60s/early 70s. From "Air Force UAVs The Secret History": "The CIA developed a few UAVs through the Directorate of Science and Technology’s Office of Development and Engineering rather than through the NRO. The...

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/12/27/mystery-drones-colorado-conspiracy-theories/

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http://soldiersystems.net/2019/05/24/sofic-19-defendtex-drone-40/

Via https://twitter.com/HenriKenhmann Length 10m, wingspan 22m, MTOW 13t, cruise at 13km / 0.6Ma, Vmax 0.75Ma. Positioning: Strategic recognition and strikes high value targets. First flight 2019, serial production 2022.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/usaf-northrop-harassment-weapons-1817855401

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/u-s-transportation-secretary-anthony-foxx-announces-unmanned-airc

Iran unveils new weird flying machine: a tilt-wing vertical takeoff and landing “ultra-advanced” drone November 8, 2012 Source: http://theaviationist.com/2012/11/08/koker/

The Navy MQ-4C Triton is designed to provide the Navy with an advanced autonomous air vehicle and state of the art service-oriented architecture mission control system that will enable it to provide persistent maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) directly to the maritime...

. I don't know where this really belongs (if at all) anyway, out of interest, Air Britain have (?) released a new book on RAF unmanned aircraft / target drones / recon drones called "Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms" - I do NOT know if any projected models are included :-...

In 1975, the U.S. Air Force was trying to determine what the capabilities of the next generation of drones should be and how such a vehicle — designed specifically for the task — would accomplish these objectives. While the Air Force's then current inventory of remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs)...

Hi all, two pics of an early german UAV: the Argus As-292.

Relevant to current interest in high altitude http://www.atf3.org/Ryan_Compass_Cope_2.html

The first X-47B is in final assembly. For info and art, go here: http://www.northropgrumman.com/unmanned/