unmanned aircraft
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Navy/USMC
Triton Operating Better Than Expected, Navy Official Says
The Navy’s top officer in charge of developing unmanned vehicles this week said the Northrop Grumman [NOC] MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based in Guam is doing better than […]
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Navy Procuring Aerovironment Blackwings For Sub-launched UAV Program
Naval Sea Systems Command intends to issue a sole source request for proposals for a two-year contract to Aerovironment, Inc. to procure up to 120 Blackwing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for […]
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Raytheon Wins $33 Million For Coyote Block 3 Unmanned Vessel Work
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) last week awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $33 million contract for work to launch the Coyote Block 3 unmanned aircraft from unmanned vessels. The […]
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Unmanned Systems
DARPA’s UAV LongShot Project Begins To Use Air-To-Air Weapons
The Pentagon is launching a new unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to engage opponents in air-to-air combat with the LongShot program. On Feb. 8, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Developing UAS For Ship Cargo Resupply
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) acquired a logistics Unmanned Air System (UAS) prototype in October to demonstrate long-range naval ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore cargo transport and it is […]
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Navy Establishing First MQ-25A Stingray UAV Squadron In 2021
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) directed the establishment of the first MQ-25A carrier aerial refueling unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) squadron to occur next year, ahead of initial vehicle deliveries. […]
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Unmanned Systems
Marine Corps Partners with Air Force Agility Prime on eVTOL Aircraft for Logistics
The Pentagon’s interest in electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft continues to grow, with the Marine Corps’ Warfighting Lab now partnering with the Air Force’s Agility Prime program to […]
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Unmanned Systems
Report: No Data Leakage from DJI Drones ‘At a Glance’
A DHS-funded report examining information security risks associated with drones found no evidence of data leakage, or the ability for data to be covertly retrieved, from two DJI models that […]
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