Aurora Flight Sciences will serve as the leader of a project to develop an unmanned version of the Air Force’s A-10 ground attack aircraft under the umbrella of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s Persistent Close Air Support program.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 22, 2012
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's next research project, named "Avatar," would fund the development of machines that would work for human warfighters in the combat zone.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 21, 2012
An extension to an existing AeroVironment contract with the Air Force includes engineering services, operational Switchblade systems and operator training.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 17, 2012
Two upgraded Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate autonomous vehicles conducted resupply and dismount support operations for technical assessment.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 17, 2012
Interoperability will enable fewer personnel, fewer unmanned aircraft to do more, ISR PEO says.
- By Henry Kenyon
- Feb 16, 2012
The Air Force will buy fewer unmanned aerial vehicles, but fly more missions.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 16, 2012
The Army Contracting Command has awarded ReconRobotics a contract for 1,100 Recon Scout XT micro-robot kits.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 15, 2012
Navy officials offer an explanation for why they decided to cut the Medium-Range Maritime Unmanned Air System program.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 15, 2012
The Air Force seeks to restructure some unmanned aerial programs and science funding is down millions from $12.2 billion in fiscal 2012.
- By Amber Corrin
- Feb 14, 2012
The Air Force has upwards of 70,000 persons working to process all of the data and footage it is gathering from unmanned aerial vehicles in an effort to detect patterns worth exploiting in the pursuit of insurgents in Afghanistan and other global hot spots.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Feb 13, 2012
The Marine Corps is adding capabilities to its fleet of unmanned aerial systems, including the deployment of an unmanned cargo helicopter.
- By Henry Kenyon
- Feb 10, 2012
The Navy's unmanned aerial system programs are taking off with its UCAS-D aircraft readying for carrier trials and maritime surveillance aircraft preparing for flight tests.
- By Henry Kenyon
- Feb 10, 2012