IAI Heron TP XP Debuts At Aero India Show

IAI debuts the export version of the Long-Range Long-Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE UAV) Heron TP at the 11th Aero India show in Bangalore, India. According to the specifications on Israel Aerospace Industries' website, the Heron TP XP's maximum payload is 450kg as compared to the Heron TP's 1,000 kg. This is ostensibly to meet the MTCR-2 (Missile Technology Control Regime) restrictions.

Heron TP-XP MALE UAV

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Panther FE Fixed Wing UAV Demonstrates VTOL

Panther FE, a fixed wing UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) jointly developed by Israel's IAI and South Korea's Hankuk Carbon successfully demonstrated its ability to take off and land vertically. The 67 kg hybrid-powered vertical take off and landing (VTOL) drone uses three electrical motors for vertical lift and an internal combustion engine for horizontal flight.

ISIS Using Small Drones To Drop Explosives

In the fight for Mosul, Iraqi security forces have encountered attacks by commercially purchased drones dropping small munitions. ISIS has been using UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) or drones for some time now. They have released several videos of attacks made by dropping various type of  munitions from a hovering drone. Without a good aiming mechanism, these attacks were largely ineffectual. However, due to the increasing number of drones attack, the threat cannot be ignored. Since these are commercially available drones, it is quite easy to develop effective counter-measures such as electronic signal jamming.

In a new photo report reported released by the Islamic State, ISIS uses drones to attack an Iraqi Army convoy in Alravdi, south of Mosul.

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