Unmanned Systems

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH–The Navy’s X-47B touched down on an aircraft carrier Wednesday, marking the first time an unmanned aerial vehicle has made an arresting gear landing aboard a ship, […]

The Navy plans to perform an arresting gear landing of the X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle on an aircraft carrier Wednesday, and if successful it would mark the first accomplishment of […]

Gen. James Amos, the commandant of the Marine Corps, said Wednesday he is committed to ensuring that the service’s unmanned helicopter program for delivering cargo becomes a program of record. […]

The Army yesterday said it expects to negotiate a sole source contract with AAI Corp. [TXT] for more than 300,000 labor hours to support the service integration of technology into […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] and the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company have said they remained committed to Germany’s Euro Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle despite reports out of Berlin that the […]

The Navy plans to continue testing on Triton in the coming months following the first flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle and intends deployment of the first of the aircraft […]

A House panel wants to block the Army from advancing the development of the Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) until the service provides detailed justification for choosing just one contractor. The […]

The Integrator unmanned aerial vehicle has been cleared for low-rate production following the successful completion of the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the program, the Navy said Thursday. The […]

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) yesterday released a report listing the benefits of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for military and domestic use as well as for the national economy through […]

The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton, a variant of the Air Force’s Global Hawk, took its maiden flight on Wednesday, the first of a series of tests to validate the aircraft designed […]