Unmanned Systems
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Unmanned SystemsLockheed Martin To Conduct RSTA Experiment With SMSS, K-MAX
Lockheed Martin [LMT] Feb. 18 said it received a contract from the Army Robotics Technology Consortium to conduct a fully autonomous reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition experiment using both its […]
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InternationalIsraeli Firm Rolls Out Super Heron In Singapore
Israel Aerospace Industries unveiled its new Super Heron unmanned aerial vehicle at the Singapore Airshow during the week. The company said the upgrade over the venerable Heron features a stronger […]
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PentagonPentagon’s Special Ops Force Expects Steady Need For Small Unmanned Aircraft
U.S. special operations forces will likely continue to purchase small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at least at the current rate, even as the Army and Marine Corps have slowed the […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin and AeroVironment Ink Deal On UAV Opportunities
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and AeroVironment [AVAV] have reached an agreement to partner in pursuing market opportunities for unmanned aerial vehicles and key payload capabilities, the companies said Friday. The agreement […]
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Navy/USMCTesting Of Littoral Ship’s Mine Hunting System Unrealistic, Pentagon Office Says
The Navy and contractor testing of the remote minehunting system designed to operate off the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) has not been realistic and has artificially inflated the reliability of […]
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Air ForceCompromise Spending Bill Cuts GCV, Aircraft; Preserves Navy Shipbuilding
The detailed spending bill Congress released Monday night generally preserves military procurement in fiscal year 2014, adding billions of dollars to Navy shipbuilding but slightly reducing the Joint Strike Fighter […]
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Air ForceFrench MQ-9 Reapers Delivered, Deploy To Sahel Region
The French Ministry of Defense said the first system of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles have been delivered to the French air force and deployed […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Triton Drone Completes Ninth Test Flight
The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton program has reached the half-way point of flight testing designed to meet key requirements, and the first two of the unmanned aerial vehicles are due to […]
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InternationalU.S. To Ship Drones To Iraqis, White House Confirms
The United States is moving quickly to provide the Iraqi government with additional military equipment such as unarmed drones to help Baghdad counter a strengthening al-Qaeda-led insurgency, White House confirmed […]
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PentagonMore Interoperability Needed In Unmanned Systems, Pentagon Says
The Pentagon’s rapid development and deployment of unmanned systems over the last decade has resulted in too many which are incapable of interacting with other platforms or external systems, an […]