Following two recent incidents that resulted in crashes, the Navy has put its MQ-8B Fire Scout flight operations on "operational pause."
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 10, 2012
The successful test of a flight of a Boeing Insitu ScanEagle using a hydrogen-powered fuel cell will enable the unmanned aircraft system to carry an increased payload capacity.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 09, 2012
Despite the Marines Corps' forward march on cargo-carrying unmanned aircraft in Afghanistan, the Army seems to be taking its time. So what's the hold up?
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 09, 2012
It may be years before the Air Force has the human resources and tools in place to keep up with the enormous amounts of data gathered from its fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles and the sophisticated sensors that they employ on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, says Air Force Secretary Michael Donley.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 09, 2012
The military's shift to high-definition sensors requires many changes.
- By Terry Costlow
- Apr 06, 2012
The Marine Corps has chosen a classified weapon to arm its RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system and plans to equip two of the aircraft armed with the weapon in Afghanistan before it decides to arm the rest of its 13 remaining systems.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 06, 2012
Aerovironment's Raven RQ-11B unmanned aerial vehicle will get a new miniature, gimbaled sensor payload that will give warfighters better situational awareness via higher visual fidelity and continuous observation of an item of interest.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 06, 2012
The main challenge in making miniature drones with flapping wings work on the battlefield is finding enough battery power.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 03, 2012
Naval Air Station Jacksonville celebrated the arrival of the first new, network-enabled P-8A Poseidon multi-mission aircraft in late March.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 03, 2012
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), a member of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, says he will recommend continuing funding for the Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned aircraft, which the Air Force plans to put into storage as a key part of a comprehensive budget-cutting effort.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 30, 2012
As sensors continue to generate enormous volumes of data, DOD planners are struggling with techniques to ensure such data remains useful to warfighters.
- By Terry Costlow
- Mar 29, 2012
The Navy has decided that unmanned aerial vehicles weighing more than 55 pounds will be operated as adjuncts to manned aircraft systems.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 29, 2012