• 09.10.2020 – Bangladesh to field Wasp UASs

Belgium

• 24.10.2020 – Belgian army to buy RQ-20 Puma and RQ-21 Integrator UAS
• 21.10.2020 – GA-ASI Selects Two Local Firms for Belgium’s MQ-9B
• 01.09.2020 – Belgian Air Force Decommissions B-Hunter Drones
• 26.08.2020 – GA-ASI Selects 18 Businesses to Participate in Virtual Blue Magic
• 15.08.2020 – Belgium: SkyGuardian contract confirmed
• 08.07.2020 – UMS Skeldar’s V-200 selected for Belgium’s & The Netherlands
• 03.03.2020 – GA-ASI to Host Blue Magic Belgium Again in 2020

Japan

• 29.12.2020 – Support contract for Japan’s RQ-4
• 02.11.2020 – Japan Moves Away from Chinese Drones
• 15.10.2020 – Japan trials MQ-9B SeaGuardian
• 13.08.2020 – Japan may scrap plan to buy U.S. Global Hawk UAS
• 09.07.2019 – General Atomics to demonstrate the SeaGuardian to Japan in September
• 17.04.2019 – Japan’s potential requirement for swarming technology & loyal wingman

• 23.12.2019 – New customer for Insitu’s ScanEagle

• 13.1.2020 – Swift Gets $17M Bahamas UAS Contract

• 30.04.2020 – Belarus to produce UAVs in Egypt

Russia

• 12.01.2021 – Russia’s S-70 tests bomb drops from internal bay
• 30.12.2020 – Orion UAS launches weapons
• 28.12.2020 – Russia’s TU-95MS Bomber Controls UAV In-Flight
• 17.12.2020 – Russia’s Korsar Undergoes Operational Evaluation
• 02.12.2020 – Russian S-70 Stealth Drone Tested with Air-to-air Missiles
• 12.10.2020 – Russia to Invest $52M for S-70 Okhotnik Development
• 02.10.2020 – Russia develops air-launched loitering munitions
• 25.08.2020 – Russian Firm Unveils Upgraded ‘Orion’ MALE Attack-Reconnaissance UAV
• 04.08.2020 – Russia orders S-70 Okhotnik ‘Hunter’ UAV deliveries accelerated to 2024
• 10.07.2019 – First UAS Test Site to Open in Russia in Late 2021

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• 03.08.2020 – Rwanda to Study Mobile Internet Connectivity Using HAPS

• 06.10.2020 – Serbia eyes purchasing Turkish Bayraktar TB2
• 01.07.2020 – Serbia Receives Chinese CH-92A Attack Drones

• 07.05.2019 – IAI Contract for Heron UAS Lease for Greece
• 10.12.2019 – Additional efforts for General Atomics to penetrate deeper within the European Market

United Kingdom

• 31.12.2020 – UK Royal Navy Issues RFI for Heavy-Lift UAS
• 28.12.2020 – Nano Bug delivered to the British Army
• 13.11.2020 – General Atomics Wins $82M for UK MQ-9B Program
• 20.10.2020 – Leonardo demonstrates manned-unmanned teaming
• 09.10.2020 – UK Royal Navy’s Puma Drone Undergoes First Operational Testing
• 07.10.2020 – Leonardo demos swarming drones for RAF
• 28.09.2020 – UK’s RQ Mk1 Protector Completes maiden flight
• 12.09.2020 – Elbit’s Hermes 900 demonstrated maritime operational scenarios for the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• 06.08.2020 – Schiebel’s S-100 UAS Selected for UK Coastguard’s First SAR Missions
• 16.07.2020 – UK MoD Acquire latest Nano drone tech

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• 07.04.2019 – Jordan apparently sold its Chinese UAVs to Libya

• 05.11.2020 – Peru seeks three fixed-wing UAVs for coast guard operations

• 08.07.2020 – Additional attack UAVs for Pakistan from China
• 06.01.2020 – EMT’s Luna NG reviled in Pakistan

• 25.11.2020 – Philippine Navy receives ScanEagle 2 UAS
• 16.08.2020 – THOR VTOL Completes Environmental Qualification Tests Ahead of Delivery of 1,000 Units
• 21.12.2020 – Hermes 900 MALE UAV enters service with Philippine Air Force

• 09.09.2020 – Lockheed offers drones to complement Poland’s future F-35 jets
• 05.12.2019 – Poland’s WB Group penetrating the UAS market in South America

• 07.07.2020 – Schiebel’s S-100 to Perform Coast Guard Services in Finland, Estonia and Sweden

• 30.04.2020 – Belarus to produce UAVs in Egypt

Spain

• 04.01.2021 – Spanish swarm development contract awarded to Escribano
• 01.12.2020 – GA-ASI Delivers Final Two MQ-9A Block 5 to Spain
• 09.06.2020 – Seeker Mini UAS for the Spanish military
• 17.12.2019 – Spanish Air Force receives first MQ-9s
• 09.12.2019 – Airbus and CIAC to develop a MALE UAV

• 11.12.2020 – Potential sale to Morocco
• 03.02.2020 – Morocco Buys Israeli Heron Drones Decommissioned From French Service

• 09.07.2020 – Germany renews service contract with Airbus for Heron UAV in Mali
• 24.12.2019 – First ever UAS strike by France

• 12.05.2020 – Nigeria, Uganda to receive Aerosonde UAVs

• 25.08.2020 – Malaysia’s Maritime MALE Requirement
• 23.03.2020 – Malaysia receives first batch of ScanEagle UAVs
• 14.01.2020 – Schiebel S-100 Deployed for River Pollution Crisis

France

• 12.01.2021 – French army orders 150 new Parrot micro-drones
• 18.12.2020 – CLS contract for France’s MQ-9
• 14.12.2020 – Additional four S-100 for the French Navy
• 18.11.2020 – France’s requirement for battlefield radio communications interception payload
• 05.10.2020 – European Maritime Safety Agency Tests RPAS in Mediterranean
• 28.09.2020 – S-100 Monitoring ship emissions for French maritime authorities
• 19.09.2020 – Additional push for the joint Eurodrone (EuroMALE) project
• 11.09.2020 – GA-ASI to Weaponize French Reaper Drones
• 08.07.2020 – UMS Skeldar’s V-200 selected for Belgium’s & The Netherlands MCM program
• 30.06.2020 – Safran arms Patroller UAV

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Finland

• 07.07.2020 – Schiebel’s S-100 to Perform Coast Guard Services in Finland, Estonia and Sweden

• 21.12.2020 – Multi-year study for MALE integration into European airspace
• 08.07.2020 – UMS Skeldar’s V-200 selected for Belgium’s & The Netherlands MCM program

Norway

• 29.11.2020 – Nordic Unmanned to provide Indago 3 to Norway
• 31.08.2020 – World’s 1st Full-scale Offshore UAV Demonstration
• 31.03.2019 – FLIR announces first order for Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System

• 11.11.2020 – Nigeria Receives Four Chinese Wing Loong II UAVs
• 13.10.2020 – Additional Chinese UAVs being acquired for the Nigerian Air Force
• 12.05.2020 – Nigeria, Uganda to receive Aerosonde UAVs

• 06.08.2020 – Hermes 900 HFE crashes during test flight
• 13.07.2020 – Delays for Switzerland’s ADS 15 project
• 10.12.2019 – Elbit System’s Hermes 900 HFE Debuts in Switzerland

• 21.12.2019 – CIAC displays UAV Tarsis 25 to potential Colombian military clients
• 09.12.2019 – Airbus and CIAC to develop a MALE UAV

China

• 12.01.2021 – China’s WJ-700 Falcon UAV makes maiden flight
• 03.12.2020 – First Fight for China’s Ship-borne Unmanned Helicopter
• 30.11.2020 – China’s CR500 UAV cleared for delivery to undisclosed customer
• 24.11.2020 – Chinese media show Wing Loong-series UAV being used to airdrop supplies
• 02.11.2020 – Japan Moves Away from Chinese Drones
• 22.10.2020 – China’s mass swarm tests
• 09.10.2020 – Wing Loong-2 Completes Emergency Communication Exercise
• 18.08.2020 – Image of new Chinese MALE/HALE UAV emerges
• 04.08.2020 – China reveals rare glimpse of Wind Shadow UAV
• 16.07.2020 – China Conducts First Flight of Maritime Version of CH-5 Drone
• 08.07.2020 – Additional attack UAVs for Pakistan from China

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Canada

• 21.12.2020 – Hermes StarLiner selected for environmental protection in Canada
• 10.11.2020 – Canada Starts Construction of RPAS Test Site
• 25.10.2020 – Bombardier suspends delivery of engines for various military UAVs
• 06.10.2020 – Canada suspends UAS technology sales to Turkey
• 20.08.2020 – GA-ASI to Host Strategic Industry Engagements in Canada
• 26.02.2020 – Kongsberg Geospatial and MartinUAV Partner on ISR Drone Solutions for Canada

• 22.12.2020 – MALE requirement for the Czech Republic

• 22.07.2020 – Syrian Regime Troops Captured a Black Hornet

Cambodia

• 21.1.2020 – Chinese Drone Crashes in Cambodia

• 02.12.2020 – South Korea to acquire three new small UAV types from 2021
• 31.10.2020 – Northrop Grumman Wins $158M to Sustain Korean Global Hawks
• 28.10.2020 – Potential industrial collaboration for GA-ASI in South Korea
• 23.10.2020 – Oil Leak, Defective Parts in South Korean RQ-4 Global Hawk
• 15.10.2020 – US delivers fourth and final RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV to RoKAF
• 17.09.2020 – S.Korea to Invest $2.3BN to Develop Military Drones
• 14.08.2020 – South Korea’s highlights UAV spending plan
• 19.04.2020 – US delivers second RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV to South Korea
• 29.03.2020 – South Korea’s locally manufactured KUS-FS MALE UAS
• 30.01.2020 – South Korea to develop indigenous turbofan engine by 2025

• 07.08.2020 – US senators want to block UAS sales to Saudi Arabia
• 28.04.2020 – Saudi contract for Turkey’s Karayel tactical UAS
• 04.03.2020 – UAVOS, KACST Developing Flight Control System for Multi-Mission, Multi-Domain UAS

• 07.07.2020 – Schiebel’s S-100 to Perform Coast Guard Services in Finland, Estonia and Sweden

• 02.3.2020 – Camcopter S-100 equipped with a sniffer payload

Germany

• 22.12.2020 – NATO chief wades into fiery German debate on armed UAVs
• 19.09.2020 – Additional push for the joint Eurodrone (EuroMALE) project
• 18.08.2019 – German Navy Starts At-Sea Tests of SKELDAR V-200
• 26.07.2019 – Germany’s first Heron TP completes maiden flight
• 09.07.2020 – Germany renews service contract with Airbus for Heron UAV in Mali
• 13.05.2020 – German Military Considers Using Armed Drones
• 11.03.2020 – Germany Extends Heron Lease for $41 M
• 31.01.2020 – Germany Cancels Planned $2.5BN Triton Deal
• 24.12.2019 – Germany rejects armed UAS

USA

• 16.01.2021 – US Army taps industry for autonomous drones to resupply troops
• 10.01.2021 – Insitu completes ScanEagle installation on USCG national security cutters
• 07.01.2021 – AAI Gets $36.7M US Army Shadow Support Contract
• 07.01.2021 – GA-ASI to Install Skyborg Software onto Avenger UAV
• 29.12.2020 – MQ-25 Command and control / GCS contract
• 24.12.2020 – Northrop Grumman wins contract for repair services for “common items” for both the RQ-4 and the MQ-4C
• 23.12.2020 – Congress resurrects MQ-9 program, adding 16 UAVs for the Air Force
• 22.12.2020 – Voly Defense Solutions Selected to Support Skyborg Missionized Prototypes
• 22.12.2020 – Northrop Grumman Gets $22M US Navy MQ-8 Fire Scout Support Contract
• 22.12.2020 – Skyways attempting autonomous folding wings for US Navy Blue Water UAS

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• 04.11.2020 – US approves MQ-9B SeaGuardian sale to Taiwan
• 11.08.2020 – Taiwan’s ‘Teng Yun’ UAS on Schedule
• 07.08.2020 – Taiwan in talks to purchase SeaGuardian UAVs
• 20.05.2020 – Taiwan upgrades Albatross tactical UAVs
• 13.05.2020 – Taiwan plans to buy 4 MQ-9s

Turkey

• 08.01.2021 – SATCOM Integrated Bayraktar TB2S Performs First Flight
• 17.12.2020 – First flight for the Alpin RUAS
• 14.12.2020 – Turkey to export Anka UAS to Tunisia
• 20.11.2020 – Turkish Firm to Develop AI to Link Up to 50 Drones in a Swarm
• 19.11.2020 – Aselsan inks $38.8M contract to an undisclosed foreign customer
• 06.11.2020 – Turkey’s Bayraktar TB2 to receive new targeting payload
• 02.11.2020 – Turkey to Switch to Locally manufactured UAV Engines
• 25.10.2020 – Bombardier suspends delivery of engines for various military UAVs
• 20.10.2020 – Tunisia & Indonesia interested in guided bombs for their UAS
• 07.10.2020 – Ukraine to buy additional Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from Turkey

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• 14.12.2020 – Turkey to export Anka UAS to Tunisia
• 20.10.2020 – Tunisia & Indonesia interested in guided bombs for their UAS
• 12.03.2019 – First Export Contract for Turkey’s Anka-S
• 17.12.2019 – Aerovironment sale to Tunisia

• 01.10.2020 – Thailand’s First UAS Training Centre Opens
• 20.02.2020 – UAS Requirement in Thailand

• 02.07.2020 – Libyan War Claimed 25 Large military Drones in 2020
• 26.05.2020 – Wing Loong UAV shot down over Libya
• 07.04.2020 – Jordan apparently sold its Chinese UAVs to Libya
• 03.04.2020 – UAE’s Wing Loong Downed in Libya

• 10.11.2020 – US State Dept. approves UAE’s purchase of MQ-9 UAVs
• 03.04.2020 – UAE’s Wing Loong Downed in Libya
• 19.03.2020 – UAE orders more Seekers from Denel
• 25.02.2020 – UAE Signs $64M Camcopter S-100 Deal At UMEX-2020
• 24.02.2020 – First UAE-Made VTOL Drone ‘Garmousha’ Unveiled

• 19.11.2020 – Additional ScanEagles to Afghanistan
• 02.04.2020 – ScanEagle Training Contract for Afghan Forces

Iran

• 06.01.2021 – Iran tests drones in military exercise
• 13.10.2020 – Iran Equips Speed Boats with Suicide Drones
• 27.04.2020 – Iran to Deploy Fortros MALE UAV – Resembling IAI’s Heron
• 20.04.2020 – Iran unveils armed Ababil-3 UAV

Armenia

• 05.10.2020 – Azerbaijan converts AN-2s into UAVs

• 05.06.2020 – NATO begins RQ-4D familiarization and training flights
• 30.03.2019 – Leonardo Extends its Training Services Capabilities to Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial Systems
• 23.12.2019 – NATO’s New MQ-4C will be regulated and licensed according to Italian regulations

• 12.11.2020 – Vietnam to Convert MiG-21 ‘Flying Coffins’ into Drones

Argentina

• 12.12.2019 – Argentina develops rotary-wing UAS for naval operations

Australia

• 28.10.2020 – Northrop Grumman begins building first Triton UAV for Australia
• 27.10.2020 – Northrop Teams With Airbus for Australian Triton Support
• 26.10.2020 – Boeing Australia completes first taxi test of ‘Loyal Wingman’
• 24.09.2020 – Raytheon Australia announces partners for Land 129 Phase 3
• 15.09.2020 – Engine test for Australia’s ATS Loyal Wingman
• 10.09.2020 – Australian University Adds Chameleon-like Capabilities to Drones
• 27.08.2020 – Insitu Pacific, Nova Systems Team for Australian-led LAND 129 Solution
• 17.08.2020 – Australia’s Loyal Wingman breaks cover
• 05.08.2020 – Australia plans to invest up to A$1.3 billion ($934 million) for the local UAS sector
• 27.07.2020 – Schiebel Pacific teams with Raytheon Australia for Australian army’s Land 129 Phase 3

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Israel

• 24.09.2020 -IAI Acquires 50% of BlueBird Aero Systems
• 16.09.2020 – IAI’ Heron performs first landing at a major commercial airport controlled from a remote station
• 13.07.2020 -UVision’s Hero-30 operational in the IDF
• 15.06.2020 – Israel’s first 3D-printed UAV takes to the skies
• 03.05.2020 – IDF acquires Rafael’s Firefly loitering munition

India

• 14.01.2021 – Indian Army procures the local Switch UAV
• 26.11.2020 – India Chooses to Lease MQ-9B Guardian UAVs
• 30.10.2020 – India Possibly Rejects MQ-9 Purchase Over Budget Constraints
• 16.10.2020 – India’s Secretive Stealth Drone Project Uncovered
• 12.10.2020 – India’s DRDO Rustom-2 continues flight tests
• 23.09.2020 – India’s $600M MQ-9B UAS Purchase Gathers Pace
• 13.03.2020 – India Issues RFI for 100 Loitering Munition Systems
• 07.02.2020 – BEL To Develop Drone Swarm Tech With Indian Startup
• 06.02.2020 – HAL & Dynamatics To Manufacture IAI UAS in India
• 29.01.2020 – UVision partners with local Indian Company
• 02.12.2019 – Indian Air Force UAV Crashes

Azerbaijan

• 06.10.2020 – Canada suspends UAS technology sales to Turkey
• 05.10.2020 – Azerbaijan converts AN-2s into UAVs
• 23.06.2019 – Azerbaijan to purchase combat drones from Turkey
• 02.06.2020 – Armenian Army’s Air Defense System Shoots Down Azerbaijani Drone

• 20.10.2020 – Tunisia & Indonesia interested in guided bombs for their UAS
• 28.02.2020 – Indonesia approves plan to receive ScanEagle UAVs
• 31.12.2019 – Indonesia unveils prototype of indigenously developed strike-capable UAV

• 07.11.2020 – Ukraine Develops New Reconnaissance Strike Capable UAS
• 07.10.2020 – Ukraine to buy additional Bayraktar TB2 UAVs from Turkey
• 19.03.2020 – Ukraine Unveils New RAM Loitering Munition

• 07.04.2019 – Turkey’s Bayrakter TB2 enters service with Qatar