It's been several weeks since the release of the fiscal 2013 defense budget, and heads are certainly still spinning in the Pentagon. Here are some of the winners and losers at each of the services.
- By Barry Rosenberg
- Mar 29, 2012
The Australian government is considering allowing the United States to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles to a coral atoll in the Indian Ocean where they might conduct surveillance missions of that ocean and also the South China Sea.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 28, 2012
U.S. officials offered key concessions to Pakistan's intelligence chief in January regarding the use of unmanned aerial vehicles against al-Qaeda in the southwest Asian nation in an effort to regain the trust of Pakistani officials, but the offers were rejected.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 28, 2012
The use and proliferation of robotic systems by the U.S. military will likely continue unabated because they offer far more advantages than disadvantages.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 26, 2012
A research project by Sandia National Laboratories to create a nuclear-powered unmanned aerial vehicle that could stay aloft for days without refueling was eventually cast aside because "political realities" would not allow its development.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 26, 2012
It may not be in the cards yet, but the Navy hasn't given up hope that one day it will have underwater UAS that can journey across the ocean. And in fact, some universities are already working on the technology.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 20, 2012
Northrop Grumman doesn't know when the Air Force is going to cancel its Block 30 Global Hawk program.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 19, 2012
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will convene a special meeting of his nation's parliament March 20 in an effort to improve his government's strained relationship with the United States.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 19, 2012
The military unmanned aircraft systems market is changing in more ways than one.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 16, 2012
UAV operations are driving new developments in waveforms and spacecraft to support mission needs.
- By Henry Kenyon
- Mar 15, 2012
A surveillance camera mounted on a blimp hovering above a combat outpost in Afghanistan captured video of the surrender of a U.S. Army staff sergeant who allegedly murdered 16 Afghan civilians during a shooting spree in Afghanistan.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Mar 15, 2012
To compensate for budget shortfalls and also meet the growing demand for bandwidth, DOD is being forced to come up with creative ways to meet warfighter communications needs.
- By Amber Corrin
- Mar 14, 2012