Screws holding a Line Replaceable Unit in the unmanned aerial vehicle apparently shook loose during a mission over Eastern Afghanistan making it uncontrollable.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 08, 2012
Air Force officials have told the House Appropriation Committee's defense subcommittee that the service isn't sure what it will do with the money it saves by cutting the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned aircraft program.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 07, 2012
A task force of an Army aviation brigade for the first time deployed to a training scenario with its own unmanned aircraft system troop organic to it.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 07, 2012
The Cheetah, part of the agency's research into all-terrain robots, has just won the land speed record for legged robots.
- By Henry Kenyon
- Mar 07, 2012
The Navy has deflated its MZ-3A blimp, the Army’s airship has had development roadblocks and the Air Force may ground one of its large blimps.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 02, 2012
AAI, CSC and Insitu have each been awarded an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract for unmanned aircraft intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 02, 2012
The MQ-9 Reaper UAV might be as much as two to six times more expensive than the military aircraft it's compared with.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 02, 2012
The first developmental MFAS radar is destined for the Navy's MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aircraft system.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 01, 2012
After the United States, the Asia-Pacific region is the second largest buyer of unmanned aerial vehicles thanks to a steep rise in Asian defense budgets.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 27, 2012
The Army tested four small robots at Fort Benning, Ga., in mid-February to see which ones would be most suitable for helping soldiers on the battlefield conduct recon missions and uncover improvised explosive devices.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 27, 2012
The Pentagon and defense industry are all too aware that there is a day coming when U.S. unmanned aerial vehicles will no longer reign supreme over international airspace. So, what's a drone to do?
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 22, 2012