Unmanned Systems

The commercial industry’s demand for unmanned maritime systems in the future will likely surpass that of governments given increasing needs to explore and monitor the oceans, an expert on the […]

The Army and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have been working toward improving capabilities of the K-MAX unmanned helicopters, two of which have been operating for more than 18 months in Afghanistan […]

General Dynamics [GD] has completed a risk evaluation for the Navy’s Knifefish unmanned underwater vehicle designed to detect mines, the company said  Knifefish is planned to deploy on Littoral Combat […]

The Senate Appropriations Committee believes the Navy should not move quickly to retire two prototype unmanned aircraft that recently made history by demonstrating their ability to land and take-off on […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) said on Friday that its Improved Gray Eagle (IGE)–the next generation of the Army’s Block 1 Gray Eagle Unmanned  Predecessor to the IGE. Photo: […]

AeroVironment, Inc. [AVAV] said Friday that it received approval on July 19 for the commercial use of its Puma AE unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Hand launch of a Puma AE. […]

The Navy has taken delivery of its first of its new version of the Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, which features a larger airframe for greater range and on-station loitering to […]

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert told a gathering Thursday that a couple unsuccessful attempts to land the unmanned X-47Bs on an aircraft carrier this month should not dampen […]

As the Navy scored a historic success in the first ever landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle on an aircraft carrier, greater focus is now shifting to the follow-on program […]

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH–The Navy’s X-47B batwing plane swept down and hit the deck of the aircraft carrier, caught the arresting gear wire and rapidly slowed to a stop. The […]