Unmanned Systems
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Navy/USMCFielding Of UCLASS Delayed Two-Three Years, Navy Says
The Navy’s timeframe for initially fielding the aircraft-carrier based Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft has been delayed by at least two years, the service said Monday as it […]
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Business/FinancialRaytheon Acquires Developer Of Small UAS Systems
Raytheon [RTN] on Monday said it has acquired Sensintel, a small Arizona-based firm that develops and produces small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for the intelligence and special operations markets. Terms […]
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Air ForceJapan Selects E-2D, Global Hawk, Makes V-22 Official
Japan has announced that it plans to buy E-2D early warning and command and control aircraft and the Global Hawk for intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance missions as part of an […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Setting Up UCLASS Fleet Integration Team At Southern California Base
The Navy plans to set up a team to focus on the integration of its envisioned aircraft carrier-based drone known as UCLASS at its Point Mugu base in southern California, […]
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ArmyArmy Installs First Ground Based Sense And Avoid Radar At Fort Hood
The U.S. Army installed the first Ground-Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) system radar at Ford Hood, Texas, it said on Monday. Fort Hood has two MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft […]
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Homeland SecurityFire Scout UAS Flies Off Coast Guard Cutter
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Tuesday said that an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system (UAS) earlier this month flew off a Coast Guard cutter for the first time as part […]
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Unmanned SystemsUnmanned Helicopters Perform Firefighting Demonstration, Lockheed Martin Says
A team of unmanned aircraft produced by Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Kaman [KAMN] successfully demonstrated its ability to support firefighting operations, Lockheed Martin said. In a Nov. 6 demonstration, an […]
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Air ForceWhite House Seeks $5 Billion More To Fight ISIL
The Obama administration on Monday sent Congress a $5.6 billion budget amendment, including $5 billion for the Defense Department, to fund war-related operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and […]
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InternationalGermany To Resume EuroHawk Flights; Confirms Interest In Navy’s Triton
The German Defense Ministry plans to resume testing of the EuroHawk unmanned aerial vehicle similar to the U.S. Air Force’s Global Hawk, a move that comes more than one year […]
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Unmanned SystemsFAA Grants Small UAS Approvals To Hollywood Aerial Video Production Firms
Marking another step toward commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems in the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday granted regulatory exemptions to six aerial photo and video […]