Tag: Bundeswehr
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Where have all the military drones gone?
The German Bundeswehr is one of the armies that flew unmanned systems for reconnaissance already in the 1960s. The first aircraft resembled a model aeroplane and came from the US Army, later they looked like a rocket. From the turn…
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Germany: Problems with another drone project
The LUNA is one of the most widely used drones in the Bundeswehr, and it is also the oldest. The contractor for a much more powerful successor system has now declared insolvency. In the past two weeks, the German Social…
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German Social Democrats tip the scales against arming Heron TP drones – but now the „Eurodrones“ are coming
The arming of Israeli drones has been stopped for now, but in coming months the Bundestag will vote on whether to approve purchase of 21 “Eurodrones”. Since 2010, the German Armed Forces have been flying unarmed drones of the type…
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Big business with throw-away military drones
The defence company Airbus is expected to have produced 2,000 target drones soon, at a unit price in the six-digit range. The Bundeswehr uses them for air defence training. Further missions are testing swarms of drones. To train air defence…