AP -- An Iranian semi-official news agency is reporting that a drone belonging to the Iranian navy has crashed in the southern port town of Jask. The Sunday report by Tasnim, which has ties to the military, said thick smoke rose from the crash site in downtown Jask, some 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran. The report gave ...

TEHRAN The 26 drone-building teams descended on the polished, manicured technology park 15 miles east of Tehran with the overflowing enthusiasm of school kids preparing for the Science Olympiad. Their challenge, in a competition sponsored by the fast-growing Digikala company, Irans version of Amazon, was to create the best drone for delivering ...

Tehran, February 4, The Iran Project An IRGC commander says Iran currently standsamong the drone powers worldwide, noting it as areality admitted by the arrogant countries. Brigadier General Ali Ostad Hosseini, the Commander of the Imam Hassan Mojtaba Unit (Alborz Province) made remarks on Wednesday during the ceremony of second anniversary of ...

The Iraqi army has managed to fly its first combat drone towards the restive province of Anbar to strike positions belonging to the Daesh Takfiri terrorists. The drone took off from al-Kut airbase in the eastern province of Wasit on Saturday morning, Iraq's Arabic news channel al-Sumaria reported, adding that the flight was conducted in the presence ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A senior Iranian lawmaker says Tehran can now manufacture a copy of an advanced CIA spy drone captured last year. Avaz Heidarpour, who sits on parliament's national security committee, says experts have reverse-engineered the RQ-170 Sentinel craft and Iran now is capable of launching a production line for the unmanned aircraft....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The naval chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims Iranian forces had captured at least two other U.S. drones before unveiling a purportedly downed ScanEagle craft earlier this month. Monday's report by the official IRNA news agency does not say when the two other drones were allegedly taken. It quotes Adm. Ali Fadavi as ...

By AFP TEHRAN Iran insisted on Wednesday that it had obtained images of sensitive areas of Israel from a Hezbollah drone before it was shot down, despite the Jewish state questioning if the aircraft carried a camera. "The fact that we have obtained the images of many areas that are important for us is the proof that we have conducted a successful ...

Head of Iran's Aviation Industry Organizationhas announced on Wednesday that the country unveils its latest indigenous designs and achievements in the area of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the near future. Referring to different classes of UAVs, Manouchehr Manteghi head of Iran's Aviation Industry Organization (IAIO) said UAVs are ...

By Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's defense minister says Hezbollah's launch of a drone into Israeli airspace earlier this week proves Iranian military capabilities. The Sunday statement by Gen. Ahmad Vahidi on Iranian state television came several days after the Lebanese militant group's leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah claimed responsibility ...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A defense official in the United Arab Emirates says the Gulf nation has signed $1.4 billion in military contracts that include purchases of U.S.-made drones. The drone deal, worth nearly $200 million, suggests Gulf Arab states are looking to boost surveillance capabilities to match claims by rival Iran of growing ...

Baku. Konul Jafarli APA. Iran will use drones to maintain control over transit roads for drug trafficking and prevent any anti-state activities, said Iranian Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Hossein Zolfaghari said,APAreports quoting IRIB. He said that the borders are being controlled by drones to prevent drug smugglers in Irans sea and land ...

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says Iran is producing a new Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) with the capability of launching air-to-air missiles. Our newest combat drone with the capability of launching air-to-air missiles is in its final stages of production and will be unveiled in future, Vahidi said on Saturday. Today,...

What is the U.S.-Iran covert war? What is the United States doing? What is Iran doing? And why? During both the Bush and Obama administrations, Iran and the United States have engaged in a shadow war that relies more on technology and human intelligence than conventional weaponry. Their covert campaigns include cyber attacks, espionage, and high-...

Irans Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology said on Monday that the Islamic Republic is exporting its domestically made drones and UAV technologies to a number of countries including Syria and Venezuela. Mohammad Mehdinejad-Nouri told students at Irans Babol Noshirvani University of Technology in the northern province of Mazandaran that ...

Irannews headlines on Saturday includeHead of Iran Aviation Industries Organization remarks over Iran increasing drone capability,U.S. Congress reports onIran's long-range missiles,Iranian warships docking in Port Sudan,Iranian Health Minister urgingbanks to get currency for importing medicine and US reports onseven companiesinvestingin Iran's energy ...

Head of Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) said that two models of semi-heavy and mid-sizechoppers, which can be used for military logistics and other purposes, will be unveiled in Iran's International Aviation Industry Exhibition. Iran will display its capabilities in four main areas in the Sixth International Aviation Industry Exhibition ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Israel plans to use unmanned drones it deployed in Azerbaijan to preemptively strike Iranian missile sites in the event of a war, the London-based Sunday Times reported. The report comes amid mounting speculations that Israel may launch a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities next year, in which case the latter ...

By Reuters DUBAI(Reuters) - Iran has built an advanced drone that can take off vertically and without a runway, Iranian media reported. Iran's military regularly announces defense and engineering developments, though some analysts are skeptical of the reliability of such reports. Abbas Jam, researcher on a project for a vertical take-off and ...

By Xinhua TEHRAN, Nov. 3 Iranian experts have developed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone, which will be unveiled in the near future, Press TV reported on Saturday. The drone enjoys ultra-advanced technology and has been manufactured for the first time in the world, the Iranian expert who is in charge of the research, Abbas Jam, was ...

A drone launched into Israeli airspace earlier this month and pictures obtained from it are followed by widespread speculations. It has been sent an unmanned aircraft into Israeli airspace on October 6 by Hezbollah. In a televised speech, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese militant group and political partyHezbollah said the drone, ...