Unmanned Systems
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Unmanned SystemsPredator B UAV Detects Ground Radar In Tests
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) announced last week that it recently demonstrated the ability of a Predator B unmanned aerial vehicle to detect enemy ground-based radar. During company-funded flight […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Finishes Key Tests Of Fire Scout, MQ-25 UAVs
The Navy announced this week that it has completed key tests of two unmanned aerial vehicles: the new MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopter and the future MQ-25 Stingray aerial refueler. Naval […]
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Air ForceAir Force Blames MQ-9A Reaper Crash On Pilot Error
Investigators concluded that pilot error caused an Air Force MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aircraft to crash at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan last year, the service announced April 13. According to Air […]
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Unmanned SystemsAir Force Exploring How To Benefit From Small Commercial Drones
The U.S. Air Force is studying how to tap into the agility, speed and other advanced capabilities of small unmanned aerial vehicles that have proliferated in the private sector in […]
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Unmanned SystemsNAVAIR Reviewing Bids For UAS Surveillance Services
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are reviewing industry proposals to continue the “Close Range” program, in which companies deploy and maintain small unmanned aircraft systems to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA, Aurora Finish Flight Tests Of Subscale VTOL X-Plane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Aurora Flight Sciences, which are developing an unmanned, tilt-wing, vertical-takeoff-and-landing experimental airplane (VTOL X-Plane) called LightningStrike, have a achieved a significant milestone by […]
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Homeland SecurityCoast Guard Land-Based UAS Would Be Forward Deployed, Zukunft Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Coast Guard wants to obtain its own fleet of land-based, forward-deployed, long-range unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to give persistent surveillance capability in the maritime environment, Adm. Paul […]
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Business/Financial
Coast Guard Issues Draft RFP For Small UAS For National Security Cutters
The Coast Guard on Tuesday issued a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) on its plans to acquire small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) capabilities to deploy aboard its fleet of National […]
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Air ForceAir Force Could Be Most Challenged Service In Push To Decentralized Systems
The Air Force could be the most challenged of the United States military services in the Pentagon’s push toward decentralized weapon systems because the air service has benefited from having […]
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Unmanned SystemsExpanding Drone Operations Won’t Be Easy, FAA Head Says
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues to grapple with how to allow pilots to fly unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight and over other people, the head […]