SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense authorities on Friday endorsed a plan to mass-produce medium-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through 2028 to bolster the Air Force’s surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said. The Defense Project Promotion Committee approved the plan in the latest progress in the country’s 980 [...]
SAN DIEGO, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in unmanned aircraft and associated technologies, proudly announces its newest UAS platform: Gambit. Like the chess opening move that inspires the name, Gambit is about initiative, leading from the front, using advanced sensing to grab the tactical advantage and open a world [...]
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — In a flight that originated from its Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) near Grand Forks, N.D., General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a company-owned MQ-9A “Big Wing” configured Unmanned Aircraft System north through Canadian airspace past the 78th parallel. A traditional limitation of long-endurance UAS has [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force is planning to put the advanced unmanned aircraft Global Hawk into operational deployment as early as next month, with the fourth and last unit to arrive here soon, sources said Monday. Under a 2011 deal with the United States, South Korea bought four RQ-4 Block 30 [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Two more units of the Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned aircraft are expected to arrive in South Korea this month, sources said Thursday, a move expected to further boost the country’s surveillance capabilities against North Korea and beyond. Their planned arrival comes after South Korea brought in its first RQ-4 [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force is pushing to deploy its first advanced unmanned aircraft Global Hawk within this year, sources said Friday. South Korea brought in the RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in December and has been working to put it in operation. A reconnaissance squadron was [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Air Force set up a reconnaissance squadron in charge of operating the advanced unmanned aircraft of Global Hawk, the defense ministry said Friday. The new military unit was established in December as South Korea brought in its first RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea brought in its first advanced high-altitude unmanned aircraft, Global Hawk, on Monday in a move expected to boost the country’s surveillance capabilities against North Korea, officials said. The RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) arrived at an Air Force base in Sacheon on the [...]
ULSAN, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The local government of Ulsan is looking into employing unmanned aircraft to help find whales for whale-watching tours. Since drones can have difficulty operating in high winds, the city is considering the use of unmanned helicopters. The unmanned helicopters or drones will survey the sea first, and once whales are discovered, [...]