Unmanned Systems
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Air ForcePACAF Commander Lays Down Marker for Significant Attritables Fleet
U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the commander of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), on March 14 suggested that the Air Force will need many more drones in future years and […]
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InternationalTransfer of UAVs to Ukraine Offers Benefit, Low Escalation Risk, Atlantic Council Says
The transfer of drones to Ukraine offers the greatest benefit and lowest escalatory risk among 11 choices for U.S. and allied action, including humanitarian assistance, military equipment assistance, and covert/overt […]
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Navy/USMCNavy To Demonstrate Unmanned Aircraft Replenishment During Summer Exercise
The Navy is planning to conduct a technology demonstration of a logistical replenishment for the service using an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) this summer to inform future development. Naval Air […]
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Air ForceUSAF Official Sees ‘Wide Open’ Landscape for Use of Unmanned Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force may one day use drones for a variety of missions beyond strike, reconnaissance, and communications, a U.S. Air Force official said last week. “How they can […]
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Navy/USMCOverlord Unmanned Surface Vessels Transferred From SCO to Navy
The Defense Department’s Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) fully transferred the Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel (USV) program to the Navy’s Program Executive Office, Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looking for Uncrewed Fighter/Bomber Complements With Half the Unit Cost of NGAD and B-21
As the United States Air Force looks to ensure it has enough fighters and bombers in future years, the service wants to develop and field uncrewed complement systems that have […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Developing New MQ-8C Mine Countermeasure Systems, Demo This Spring
The Navy is developing a new mine countermeasure system sensor suite to be used on the Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter, with a prototype test set for […]
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CongressHouse Authorization Panel Seeks 12th Coast Guard National Security Cutter
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Monday released a two-year authorization bill for the Coast Guard that seeks one more national security cutter (NSC) for the service that hasn’t […]
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Air ForceUnder AFRL Contract, Leidos to Pursue ‘Mjolnir’ High Power Microwave Counter Drone System
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) directed energy directorate at Kirtland AFB, N.M., has awarded a $26 million contract to Leidos [LDOS] to develop the company’s Mjölnir high power microwave […]
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Unmanned SystemsRussian Invasion of Ukraine Should Accelerate U.S. Modernization and Force Provision to NATO, HASC Chairman Says
In light of the number of global threats and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ambitions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S. needs to bolster its allies on NATO’s […]