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The Navy’s second X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) will be able to withstand all of the structural stresses and strains associated with takeoff, flight and landing– including those uniquely […]

ITT [ITT] plans to offer the Army a flexible, open architecture solution in response to a request for proposals for the potential more than $1.5 billion Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) […]

The Air Force will open a competition to procure a new fleet of helicopters for patrolling the nation’s ICBM fields later this year, sources familiar with the effort said recently. […]

Unmanned systems in overseas combat opertions are important, members and staff heard at a recent Capitol Hill briefing by U.S. Special Operations Command, hosted by the Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus […]

A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program that will demonstrate autonomous aerial refueling between two high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft could someday lead to machine-controlled refueling of manned platforms, […]

The Navy’s new unmanned aerial drone cleared a critical development milestone last month, paving the way for program officials to begin intensive testing of the aircraft, according to service and […]

Members of the Navy’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance division are working details for an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for a new mid-range unmanned aircraft, with plans to wrap up that […]

The Air Force leadership says its RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone program is meeting affordability guidelines a year after service officials criticized both government and industry program managers for allowing […]