Unmanned Systems

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans in 2015 to test the energy subsystem of a flight-like ground demonstrator as part of its Vulture ultra-persistent, high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned […]

The Army continues to move ahead fielding its largest unmanned aerial system (UAS), the MQ-1C Gray Eagle, and refining its doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and training, officials said. […]

Federal legislation calling for the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into national airspace in the next several years brings with it a “host” of complicated legal issues that will […]

AeroVironment Inc. [AVAV] yesterday said it received a $12 million order for its Wasp ® AE small unmanned aircraft systems, initial spares packages, training, and one year of contractor logistics […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said yesterday it is in the process of building a Triton unmanned aerial vehicle to use as a test bed for the Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance […]

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said it notified Congress Dec. 21 of a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to South Korea of four RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned […]

The U.K. Ministry of Defense yesterday said it has agreed to an approximately $419.9 million contract with Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland to support Sea King helicopters. The work will sustain 500 jobs […]

The Navy expects to conduct ship-based testing of its RQ-21A small tactical unmanned aerial vehicle for carrying out intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance missions early next year. Marine Col. Jim Rector, […]

As other potentially adversarial countries pursue fielding unmanned aerial vehicles, the United States will have to stay one step ahead in being able to track enemy drones and thwart their […]