The UAS (Unmanned Aerial System), unveiled earlier this year, is designed to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions and believed to be capable of flying up to 45,000 feet for more than 16 hours.
Italy plans to purchase 10 such drones for reconnaissance and immigration control.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
According to Haaretz, on Jul. 14, a Hermes 450 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) was purposely downed by the IDF during an unspecified operation near the border with Egypt. Personnel remotely controlling the drone noticed signs […]
On Jan. 30, Iran has announced the development of a new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) called the “A1”. According to the information released so far, the new drone allegedly has a service ceiling of 10,000 […]
Huge Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) flew from Italy to Norway, during NATO trial dubbed Unified Vision 2014. A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk, flew from its base at Sigonella, Italy, to Norway, […]