Navy technicians will perform arrested landings and catapult launches of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland this year in preparation for a carrier demonstration in 2013.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 16, 2012
The Marines have extended for two more months their use of a pair of Lockheed Martin's K-MAX unmanned cargo helicopters in Afghanistan in what might be a positive sign that there is a clear need for such equipment on the battlefield.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 14, 2012
Some parts of the Defense Department are now purchasing "pixels by the hour" from contractors operating unmanned aerial systems as a way to fill gaps in their intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 08, 2012
Australia has begun using the AAI Shadow 200 tactical unmanned aircraft system in Afghanistan.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 08, 2012
An airstrike allegedly carried out by a U.S. armed unmanned aircraft killed an al Qaeda terrorist who had escaped from prison seven years ago following his conviction for participation in the 2002 bombing of the USS Cole.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 07, 2012
A common architecture for ISR must be established that allows data to be moved from all domains and across dissimilar platforms rapidly and efficiently, says a top Air Force official.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 04, 2012
The Army must figure out new and efficient ways to process data gathered from unmanned aerial vehicle sensors and cameras as it begins operations in Afghanistan with its first medium-altitude, long endurance MQ-1C Gray Eagle and also its first full-spectrum combat aviation brigade with manned and unmanned aircraft.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 03, 2012
Boeing has delivered a tactical cross-domain solution designed to boost secure information sharing to General Atomics for integration into the ground control stations used for Predator and Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 02, 2012
The Defense Department has invested more than $1 billion in at least nine airship programs across the military services in an effort to provide persistent surveillance to ground troops, but so far has almost nothing to show in operational airships.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 02, 2012
The House Armed Services Committee has designated $260 million in its mark-up of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 for the Air Force to continue operating its Block 30 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- May 01, 2012
The Office of Naval Research has awarded Aerovel a contract to develop the flight controls component for the Flexrotor vertical take-off-and-landing unmanned aerial vehicle.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 30, 2012
The Defense Department's strategy for employing airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors and platforms against adversaries is threatened on a number of fronts, and the best solution to address the existing challenges is years away.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Apr 27, 2012