The Navy and contractor Northrop Grumman will unveil the first production version of its MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle June 14 despite the recent crash of one of its demonstrators on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 13, 2012
Army researchers are working diligently to develop a way for troops to wirelessly recharge all of the location and communications gear they wear into battle by outfitting them with wireless chargers.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 13, 2012
Recon Robotics' Throwbot XT micro-robot is now outfitted with a microphone for audio intelligence to supplement its video intelligence capabilities for warfighters.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 12, 2012
The Marine Corps has issued a request for information seeking ideas for unmanned, vertical lift ship-to-shore resupply.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 11, 2012
A large unmanned aircraft operated by the Navy crashed June 11 on Maryland's eastern shore.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 11, 2012
The Air Force is getting read to put the Blue Devil 2 airship into permanent storage.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 08, 2012
The U.S. military is working on improving the man-machine interfaces between unmanned aircraft operators and the aircraft they remotely fly on missions.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 06, 2012
Boeing's massive hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye UAV performed its first test flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center June 1 reaching an altitude of 4,080 feet and a cruising speed of 62 knots, which is short of the performance attributes the military wants it eventually to achieve.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 05, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama personally oversees a "kill list" of individuals selected to be the target of unmanned aerial vehicle strikes in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia in a highly secret manner that has given rise to calls for greater transparency in the shadow war against al Qaeda.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 05, 2012
The Navy wants industry and other interested parties to submit ideas for new systems and technologies for use in shore surveillance and amphibious operations.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 05, 2012
Canada has received an unsolicited proposal from Northrop Grumman to furnish three modified RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles to provide surveillance of the country's vast Arctic territories.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 04, 2012
The Army has placed a second order for a nimble ground robot that can explore dangerous objects and places.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jun 04, 2012