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Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma Maritime Miniature Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MMUAS)

AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma Maritime Miniature Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MMUAS) (USMC Photo) The AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma is an American unmanned aircraft system which is small, battery powered, and hand-launched. Its primary mission is surveillance and intelligence gathering using an electro-optical and infrared camera. It is produced by AeroVironment. MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd (MDA), signed a contract … Read more

Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Airbus (EADS Cassidian) DO-DT45 Hornet aerial target drone

Airbus (EADS Cassidian) DO-DT45 Hornet (Bastlmichi Photo) The Cassidian (EADS) DO-DT45 aerial target drone is a cost-efficient, high speed, sea skimming, direct kill target for inte- grated air defence training scenarios. In Canada, the drone is manufactured and operated by Meggit Training Systems Inc. The target drone has two jet propulsion systems that ensure a … Read more

Canadian Rockets and Missiles: Black Brant rocket

Black Brant rocket (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3230374) Black Brant rocket research showing a nose cone check out demonstration in auditorium at the Churchill Research Range, c1966. The Black Brant is a family of Canadian-designed sounding rockets originally built by Bristol Aerospace, since absorbed by Magellan Aerospace in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Over 800 … Read more

Canadian Rockets and Missiles: Boeing CIM 10B Bomarc surface-to-air missile

Boeing CIM 10B Bomarc surface-to-air missile (SAM) (DND Photo via James Craik) Boeing CIM 10B Bomarc (Serial No. 60909) in the vertical launch position, La Macasa, Quebec. The Boeing CIM-10B Bomarc (IM-99B), was a supersonic long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) in RCAF service during the Cold War for the air defence of North America.  In addition … Read more

Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Boeing Insitu CU-169 Scan Eagle

Boeing Insitu CU-169 Scan Eagle (USN Photo) he Boeing Insitu ScanEagle is a small, long-endurance, low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, and is used for reconnaissance. The ScanEagle was designed by Insitu based on the Insitu SeaScan, a commercial UAV that was intended for fish-spotting. The ScanEagle continues to receive … Read more

Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack

Boeing Insitu RQ-21 Blackjack UAV (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rhita Daniel) U.S. Marines Corps RQ-21 Blackjack UAV, 2018. Formerly called the “Integrator”, is an unmanned air vehicle originally designed and built by Boeing Institu to meet a United States Navy requirement for a small tactical unmanned air system. The air vehicle is … Read more

Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Elbit CU-168 Skylark Micro-UAV (MUAV)

Elbit CU-168 Skylark (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein, IDF Photo) Canadian Forces acquired up to 10 Skylark II hand-held micro-UAVs (MUAV) in support of operations in Afghanistan in 2016. The Israeli-made MUAV is capable of autonomous operations but is normally flown by an operator. Electrically powered, this MUAV is extremely quiet. The airframe design is minimalist in concept … Read more

Canadian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV): Falcon

Falcon UAV (Falcon UAV / Open-source photo) Canadian UVAD Technologies has publicly demonstrated the supersonic Falcon UAV, noted for its low cost and multifunctionality. A demonstration took place during the Air Force Tech Summit in Berlin in November 2025. The presentation was conducted together with the company’s European partner German INTEC Industrie-Technik, which will handle … Read more

Canadian Warplanes 7: Mil-17V5 Hip, CH-178, RCAF

Mil-17V5 Hip, CH-178 (RCAF Photo) Mil-17V5 Hip, CH-178, RCAF (5) (Serial No. 1780405) in Afghanistan, c2010. (RCAF Photo) Mil-17V5 Hip, CH-178, RCAF (5) (Serial No. 1780407) in Afghanistan, c2010. Mil-17V5 Hip, CH-178, RCAF (5) (Serial Nos. 1780404, 178405, 178406, and 178407), leased by the Canadian Forces for the Air Task Force in Afghanistan in 2010. Operational … Read more

Canadian Warplanes preserved in New Brunswick: Boiestown, Hillsborough, Miramichi, Moncton, Oromocto

Warplanes in New Brunswick The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical Warplane preserved in Canada.  Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website.  Photos are by the author unless otherwise credited.  Any errors found here are by the … Read more