Unmanned Systems
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Navy/USMCNavy Setting Up UCLASS Fleet Integration Team At Southern California Base
The Navy plans to set up a team to focus on the integration of its envisioned aircraft carrier-based drone known as UCLASS at its Point Mugu base in southern California, […]
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ArmyArmy Installs First Ground Based Sense And Avoid Radar At Fort Hood
The U.S. Army installed the first Ground-Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) system radar at Ford Hood, Texas, it said on Monday. Fort Hood has two MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft […]
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Homeland SecurityFire Scout UAS Flies Off Coast Guard Cutter
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Tuesday said that an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system (UAS) earlier this month flew off a Coast Guard cutter for the first time as part […]
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Unmanned SystemsUnmanned Helicopters Perform Firefighting Demonstration, Lockheed Martin Says
A team of unmanned aircraft produced by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Kaman [KAMN] successfully demonstrated its ability to support firefighting operations, Lockheed Martin said. In a Nov. 6 demonstration, an […]
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Air ForceWhite House Seeks $5 Billion More To Fight ISIL
The Obama administration on Monday sent Congress a $5.6 billion budget amendment, including $5 billion for the Defense Department, to fund war-related operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and […]
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InternationalGermany To Resume EuroHawk Flights; Confirms Interest In Navy’s Triton
The German Defense Ministry plans to resume testing of the EuroHawk unmanned aerial vehicle similar to the U.S. Air Force’s Global Hawk, a move that comes more than one year […]
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Unmanned SystemsFAA Grants Small UAS Approvals To Hollywood Aerial Video Production Firms
Marking another step toward commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems in the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday granted regulatory exemptions to six aerial photo and video […]
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InternationalGermany Showing Interest In Navy’s Triton In Wake Of EuroHawk Debacle
PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–The German Defense Ministry has been inquiring with the U.S. Navy about Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Triton, the high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle similar to EuroHawk, the program that sparked […]
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Unmanned SystemsTextron Fury Conducts Live Fire Demonstrations
Textron [TXT] recently demonstrated its new Fury weapon system, designed to provide a precision strike capability for the Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle, other small UAVs and even manned helicopters and […]
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Navy/USMCNavy May Reduce Planned Buys Of Northrop Grumman Tritons
PATUXENT RIVER, Md.–The Navy may decrease the number of Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft it plans to buy because they have proven to be more reliable than expected […]