Unmanned Systems
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Navy/USMCNavy Ices Fire Scout Buys Pending Future Of LCS
Even though the Navy has deleted plans to purchase 17 of Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters from its five-year acquisition plan, the ultimate fate of the program […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Hopes UCLASS, Long-Range Strike Bomber Will Keep Portfolio Strong
Northrop Grumman [NOC] Chief Financial Officer Jim Palmer said budget constraints and uncertainty still worry the company when looking at fiscal year 2015 and beyond, but the company is counting […]
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Unmanned SystemsLockheed Martin To Conduct RSTA Experiment With SMSS, K-MAX
Lockheed Martin [LMT] Feb. 18 said it received a contract from the Army Robotics Technology Consortium to conduct a fully autonomous reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition experiment using both its […]
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InternationalIsraeli Firm Rolls Out Super Heron In Singapore
Israel Aerospace Industries unveiled its new Super Heron unmanned aerial vehicle at the Singapore Airshow during the week. The company said the upgrade over the venerable Heron features a stronger […]
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PentagonPentagon’s Special Ops Force Expects Steady Need For Small Unmanned Aircraft
U.S. special operations forces will likely continue to purchase small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at least at the current rate, even as the Army and Marine Corps have slowed the […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin and AeroVironment Ink Deal On UAV Opportunities
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and AeroVironment [AVAV] have reached an agreement to partner in pursuing market opportunities for unmanned aerial vehicles and key payload capabilities, the companies said Friday. The agreement […]
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Navy/USMCTesting Of Littoral Ship’s Mine Hunting System Unrealistic, Pentagon Office Says
The Navy and contractor testing of the remote minehunting system designed to operate off the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) has not been realistic and has artificially inflated the reliability of […]
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Air ForceCompromise Spending Bill Cuts GCV, Aircraft; Preserves Navy Shipbuilding
The detailed spending bill Congress released Monday night generally preserves military procurement in fiscal year 2014, adding billions of dollars to Navy shipbuilding but slightly reducing the Joint Strike Fighter […]
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Air ForceFrench MQ-9 Reapers Delivered, Deploy To Sahel Region
The French Ministry of Defense said the first system of Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles have been delivered to the French air force and deployed […]
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Navy/USMCNavy’s Triton Drone Completes Ninth Test Flight
The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton program has reached the half-way point of flight testing designed to meet key requirements, and the first two of the unmanned aerial vehicles are due to […]