Unmanned Systems
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Business/FinancialFAA Establishes UAS Advisory Committee To Sustain Stakeholder Engagement
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday announced a new, “long-lasting” advisory committee to help it with integrating the operations of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the national airspace and […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing’s Insitu UAS Subsidiary Establishes Commercial Unit
Boeing’s [BA] Insitu subsidiary on Monday said it has established a commercial business unit to leverage the company’s experience in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the emerging commercial market for […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Navy Deploys Ship With Advanced Mission Control For UAV
The Navy and Raytheon [RTN] deployed an advanced mission control system (MCS) for the MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) helicopter aboard USS Coronado (LCS-4), the company said Wednesday. […]
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InternationalMalaysia Awards Thales Contract To Deliver Six Fulmar UAVs
Thales was awarded a contract by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) to deliver Fulmar Unmanned Air Service (UAS) units to be installed on six naval vessels, the company said […]
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CongressSenate Passes FAA Bill With Aviation Security, UAS, Cyber Security Provisions
The Senate on Tuesday approved new bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that includes a number of provisions designed to enhance aviation security and bolster the safety […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAurora Flies Subscale VTOL X-Plane For DARPA At U.S. Facility
Aurora Flight Sciences successfully flew a subscale vehicle demonstrator (SVD) of its LightningStrike Vertical Take-off and Landing Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane) at a U.S. military facility for the Defense Advanced […]
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Air ForceSecretive Pentagon Office Reveals New Technologies
In his first appearance in front of lawmakers, the director of the Pentagon’s shadowy Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) unveiled a number of technology initiatives that had not previously been disclosed […]
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Air ForceWork: Autonomy Tech For Aviation Progressing Faster Than For Ground Vehicles
The military will increasingly rely on autonomous and unmanned systems in future conflicts, but autonomous aerial platforms are developing at a faster pace than their ground-based counterparts, said Deputy Secretary […]
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Business/FinancialFAA Forecasts More Than 400 Percent Growth In Small UAS Sales By 2020
Unit sales of commercial non-model small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) are expected to climb more than 400 percent between 2016 and 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says in a […]
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Air ForceSOCOM, CENTCOM Nominees: Too Few Intelligence-Gathering Assets Hamstring Missions
For the past 15 years, U.S. Central Command has hogged the military’s intelligence-gathering aircraft to keep an eye on operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the demand signal is expected […]