Unmanned Systems

There will be growing requirements in the future for arming unmanned aerial vehicles with small, precision-guided weapons to enable the military to operate in a broader range of environments and […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has unveiled the locations of planned test sites for integrating unmanned aerial vehicles into the national airspace, selecting six out of more than two dozen […]

The remote minehunting system designed for the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships is ready for operational evaluation following the completion this month of developmental testing, the service said Thursday. The remote […]

The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which recently returned home from an eight-month deployment to support 5th Fleet, operated with a unique mix of new and […]

A Navy submarine has launched an unmanned aerial vehicle powered by fuel cells in the culmination of a project that took less than six years and is designed for special […]

The first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Block 40 Global Hawk aircraft, configured to meet NATO operational requirements, has started down the production line at Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Moss Point, […]

The United Nations force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) deployed two drones Tuesday to monitor borders, marking the first time unmanned systems have been used in an international […]

The Navy’s newest version of the unmanned Fire Scout helicopter has flown for the first time as the service continues to develop a system designed to provide longer endurance than […]

Applied Research Associates (ARA) yesterday said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted a special airworthiness certificate to the company’s Nighthawk IV micro unmanned aircraft system for the purposes of […]

The Japanese government has agreed to host U.S. Air Force Global Hawk drones on a periodical basis to carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in the Asia-Pacific region as […]