A senior Defense Department official said Sept. 5 that 66 countries would be able to buy U.S.-built unmanned aerial vehices under new DOD guidelines.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Sep 06, 2012
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is testing a new version of the MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle that would offer the U.S. military a number of improvements over the Block 1 version in production for nearly a decade.
- By William Welsh
- Sep 05, 2012
The Australian Defence Force is pushing forward with plans to purchase seven large maritime surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a cost of nearly $3 billion.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Sep 05, 2012
Unmanned aircraft address high demand for video feeds to boost situational awareness.
- By Kimberly Johnson
- Aug 28, 2012
The Navy plans to conduct a battery of tests on its X-47B before it attempts the unmanned aircraft's first completely autonomous aircraft carrier landing scheduled for some time in 2013,
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Aug 24, 2012
Northrop Grumman has flown two RQ-4 Global Hawks in formation under its KQ-X program as a preliminary step in its goal toward performing air-to-air refuelling for high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Aug 21, 2012
The Air Force has added MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles to its top combat exercise as it prepares to experiment with news ways to conduct air campaigns in future years in contested air space.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Aug 21, 2012
The Navy expects formal approval of the requirements for its unmanned carrier-launched surveillance strike (UCLASS) aircraft in early fall.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Aug 20, 2012
DARPA has awarded a contract to Boston Dynamics to develop robots with humanoid features.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Aug 16, 2012
For manufacturers of large unmanned aerial vehicles, there was only a hazy picture of what direction that market will take at the recent Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's Unmanned Systems North America 2012 conference.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Aug 13, 2012
Analysts say the global unmanned aircraft market will continue to expand over the next 10 years as many nations increase spending on autonomous systems.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Aug 10, 2012
The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab and Oshkosh Defense recently tested multiple unmanned ground vehicles in a single convoy using the Oshkosh TerraMax UGV technology.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Aug 07, 2012