UAV

South Africa’s CSIR Raises Possibility of Wingman Drone Research

by Bilal Khan - Oct 27, 2019

South Africa’s government-owned think-tank, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), proposed studying drone wingmen for the South African Air Force’s (SAAF) Gripen fleet....Read More
UPDATE: Crashed UAV in Pakistan was undergoing flight tests

by Bilal Khan - Jun 21, 2016

Wreckage from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crash in Mianwali (Pakistan) suggests that the Pakistani armed forces are evaluating the Chinese Wing Loong....Read More
A look at loitering munitions (aka kamikaze drones)

by Bilal Khan - Jun 5, 2016

What role would ‘loitering munitions’ such as the Israeli Hero-30, American Switchblade, and Chinese CH-901 play in the modern battlefield?...Read More
Background on the Burraq Armed UAV

by Bilal Khan - Sep 8, 2015

By Bilal Khan The Pakistani military recently announced that they had officially begun using the Burraq armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as part of its ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Produced...
Pakistani Burraq UAV Kills 3 ‘High Profile’ Targets

by Bilal Khan - Sep 7, 2015

By Bilal Khan On 07 September Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) (the Pakistan Military’s PR wing) confirmed that the armed forces had deployed the Burraq, a locally-produced Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (AUAV) as part of the Pakistan...