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
After 92 test flights as the X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft, NASA has modified the unmanned aircraft and is now flying a quieter version designated the X-48C.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Aug 07, 2012
The Iranian made drones that Syria is using to spy on the Free Syria Army have limited capabilities.
- By Defense Systems Staff
- Jul 25, 2012
Army COL Tim Baxter on deployment of a company of Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicles to Afghanistan, the use of universal systems and interoperability, and the weaponization of the Shadow UAV.
- By Barry Rosenberg
- Jul 19, 2012