Tag: General Atomics
Japan’s Defence Budget Grows but Dependence on Imports Remains
Japan’s government is now increasing defence expenditure in the face of growing threats, but its own defence industry still falls short of developing ‘home...
Uncrewed Eyes Look East
Longer range/endurance UAVs make a different to the tyranny of distance when it comes down to ISR.
For full situational awareness, governments and their armed...
Managing the Cost of Australia’s Defence
Australian defence budget is at a record high, but how that money will be spent, and on what, still provides challenges.
Australia announced its 2024/25...
JMSDF begins SeaGuardian UAV assessment
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has commenced trials of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SeaGuardian medium altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial...
The Brochure has been released for SAE Media Group’s 7th Annual...
SAE Media Group reports: The full agenda and speaker line-up are now available to download for the 7th Annual Airborne ISR Conference.
SAE Media Group...
Bigger, Further, Better
Where China is growing its unmanned aerial vehicle fleet, nations across Asia Pacific are finding budgets too for these more strategic assets.
Military forces are...
Navies Surface Interest in Unmanned Systems
Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - Unmanned systems manufacturers are finding a responsive market for their products among navies in the Indo-Pacific region.
The...
ARH – Stick or Twist
Published in July/Augst 2020 Issue - The Australian Defence Force is closing in on a decision on whether it will keep faith with its...
The art of UAS Operations
Andrew Drwiega - Unmanned aerial systems are increasingly capable of maritime as well as overland ISR, but whatever the mission first rate simulation training will...
Malaysia’s Defence Doldrums
Dzirhan Mahadzir - Despite an approaching Defence White Paper, fiscal frugality looks set to dominate near-to mid-term defence acquisition projects.
Despite a change of ruling party...