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National Defense
May 2004
Roxana Tiron
China Is Pursuing Unmanned Tactical Aircraft China has been quietly at work pursuing unmanned aircraft technologies both domestically and from foreign partners. It also is marketing its drones to friendly nations in Asia and Africa, according to a Chinese industry official. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2009
John Keller
A Detailed Look at the Pentagon's $5.4 Billion Plan in 2010 to Develop and Deploy U.S. military forces plan to spend nearly $5.4 billion next year on unmanned vehicle (UV) technology for air, ground, and maritime applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Dan Parsons
Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Roxana Tiron
Army Unmanned Air Vehicles Proliferate in the Battlefield The U.S. Army is committing increasing resources to developing sharply enhanced surveillance, communications and weapons for unmanned aerial vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2012
Dan Parsons
Teaming Pilots With Drones Hampered By Technology The Army recently found that the most cost effective solution to replace its scout helicopters was a mix of traditional rotary wing platforms and unmanned aerial vehicles flying alongside to cover more ground in a single mission. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh
More Sophisticated, Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft on the Horizon In the future, unmanned aerial systems will hold even more utility as they become faster, stealthier and more autonomous, experts said. At the same time, they will become more accessible to foreign countries and terrorist groups around the world. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Roxana Tiron
Gulf Nation Poised to Lead Region In Production of Unmanned Aircraft United Arab Emirates seeks to improve on its surveillance program to increase homeland security. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2009
John Keller
Unmanned Vehicles Leave Boot Camp to Join the Regular Forces Unmanned vehicles are becoming plentiful on-and over-the modern battlefield, yet these automated systems until recently have been seen largely as military curiosities, not standard equipment. That's all about to change. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
March 2010
Joe Pappalardo
The Future For UAVs in the U.S. Air Force The next-generation aircraft envisioned by the Air Force, and modeled in the illustration opposite, would be able to dodge enemy radar, swap payloads for multiple kinds of missions and use sophisticated onboard sensors to prevent collisions with other UAVs and manned airplanes. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
August 2011
Lora G. Weiss
Autonomous Robots in the Fog of War Networks of autonomous robots will someday transform warfare, but significant hurdles remain. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Stew Magnuson
Countries Big and Small Set Out to Make Their Own Pilotless Aircraft The U.S. military's success using the technology in recent years is driving more countries to either obtain or build their own aerial drones. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Frank Colucci
Air Force Refines Training Programs for UAV Operators With growing numbers of Predator and Global Hawk unmanned aircraft expected to enter service in the years ahead, the U.S. Air Force is solidifying plans to train operators and support crews. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson
Future Remotely Piloted Aircraft Will Do More Than Surveillance Military leaders are beginning think about concepts for the third-generation UAVs. In the future, they will want the drones to do a lot more than peer down on adversaries. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
December 17, 2008
Andrew Moseman
The Navy's Fighter-Plane-Size UAV, the X-47B, Is Unveiled in California Yesterday, Northrop Grumman unveiled its first completed X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System. This giant UAV could soon be one of the most lethal unmanned aircraft in the U.S. military. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2005
Harold Kennedy
Surveillance Needs Fuel Demand for Unmanned Vehicles Currently, there are nearly 1,000 robotic vehicles being used for surveillance and reconnaissance, especially in maritime areas in the Central Command theater of operations, and combatant commanders keep asking for more. mark for My Articles similar articles
IEEE Spectrum
January 2011
David Schneider
Drone Aircraft: How the Drones Got Their Stingers Unmanned aerial vehicles come of age mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
March 2007
Smart Weapons for UAVs The Origins of Weaponized UAVs... Deployment of Weaponized UAVs... Gravity Dropped Munitions for UAVs... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
February 13, 2008
Erik Sofge
Top 5 Bomb-Packing, Gun-Toting War Bots the U.S. Doesn't Have While the United States remains the definitive leader in unmanned military vehicles, here are some of the most promising ones being developed elsewhere. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
Steadicopter Builds Autonomous UAV By combining a patented computer program and Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) with an existing minicopter, an Israeli company has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that could be the next homeland-security defense tool. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
J.R. Wilson
UAVs Poised to Take the Next Step Into Combat The future of continued U.S. air superiority will involve a large contingent of armed UAVs and a new generation of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), flying missions that manned attack aircraft previously flew, often in joint missions under the control of fighter-bomber pilots. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2003
Roxana Tiron
Unmanned Aircraft Adapting To Army Future Force Needs The Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate is testing technologies and concepts that would allow helicopters to remotely control unmanned aerial vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2004
Dawn of the unmanned era While the U.S. military has used remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) since the Vietnam War with mixed results, recent combat action in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq has proven the utility of military unmanned systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Small Drone and Missile Network Allows for Quick Strikes Army officials are considering deploying small man-portable drones that can not only locate targets but also send, within seconds, precise coordinates of the targets to a missile launcher located five miles away. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Erik Sofge
Robot Chopper: The Navy's Smartest UAV The Fire Scout is arguably the smartest unmanned aerial vehicle ever built. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2005
Robert H. Williams
Drone Developed for Small Infantry Units A vertical launch unmanned aerial vehicle that is designed to support infantry platoon and company operations recently twice negotiated a course of 10 waypoints in southern California. The ducted fan aircraft is being developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2004
Unmanned vehicles: one of the hottest technologies going Unmanned air, ground, and underwater vehicles are finding important new niches in military and aerospace applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2013
Dan Parsons
Worldwide, Drones Are in High Demand The U.S. military may be the most high-profile owner and operator of unmanned aircraft, but it is far from the only customer of the controversial vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2007
EMT Selects Athena's Guidestar for Luna UAVs In its development of the Luna unmanned aerial vehicle, Germany's EMT sought an efficient inertial navigation system and global positioning system, for which it turned to Athena Technologies. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2010
Stew Magnuson
Army to Air Force: We Won't Give Up Our Surveillance Aircraft A second turf war over control of unmanned aerial vehicles is underway after sharp criticism from a senior Air Force general who said the Army is not efficiently deploying its fleet of medium-sized remotely piloted aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
John McHale
Unmanned Vehicles: A Tactical Advantage and a Rich Market The obvious advantage on the battlefield translates into greater demand for all types of unmanned vehicles creating an industry that some estimate will have a value of about $22 billion worldwide in 10 years-and that is just for UAVs, the most mature unmanned platform. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Surveillance Drone Operators Find Ways to Outsmart Enemy A burgeoning fleet of unmanned aircraft is among the Army's key weapons against Iraq's insurgency. But the technology alone is not enough to gain an edge over this enemy, experts say. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2004
Roxana Tiron
Singapore Pursues Advanced Technology While its high-stakes fighter replacement competition has been making headlines in the defense world, Singapore also has been quietly at work reshaping its armed forces to take advantage of advancements in technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Stew Magnuson
Flying IEDs: Is the Threat Real? The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicle technology has brought up questions of how to best defend against them. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2006
Australian Military Deploys Mediaware for North West Shelf UAV Trial The Australian Department of Defence (ADF) awarded Mediaware a contract for its D-VEX digital video-exploitation system to be installed in it's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2010
Austin Wright
Army Weighs Future of Unmanned Helicopters The Army's recent cancellation of the Fire Scout remotely piloted helicopter has left some wondering whether there is a future for unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in the service. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Frank Colucci
Smart Missles The Army is beginning to develop sophisticated "smart" missiles and launchers, intended to be deployed in advance of maneuver forces. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
December 1, 2008
Andrew Moseman
4 Challenges for the Navy as More Unmanned Drones Go Underwater The Navy is getting up to speed with unmanned vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2006
David Axe
Clouds on the horizon for pilot-less bombers After years of steady growth in funding, development and operational use, unmanned aerial vehicles have begun to rival -- and, in some cases, exceed -- the capability of manned aircraft. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2008
Breanne Wagner
Worries About Mid-Air Collisions Keep Civilian Drones Grounded The agency that controls the domestic airspace, the Federal Aviation Administration, said unmanned aircraft are not yet ready to conduct realistic missions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
John McHale
UAV Market Outlook Strong Defense and aerospace analysts say the most vibrant growth in the industry lays with unmanned systems, specifically unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2006
Grace Jean
Army Operators Cope With Airspace Congestion Experienced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators now have to learn how to navigate in an increasingly crowded airspace. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2009
Rich Smith
"Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" 2009 Edition This edition of "Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" takes a peek within the exciting world of flying model airplanes ... that kill. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
GoldenEye UAV Makes First Autonomous Transition Flights GoldenEye-50, which Aurora announced in 2003 and first flew in July 2004, exhibits helicopter-like hover and vertical takeoff and landing performance as well as fuel-efficient, wing-borne flight similar to a conventional airplane. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Incompatible Technologies Weaken Utility of Aerial Spies The military services operate nearly 4,000 unmanned aircraft, most of which have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army alone is flying 1,200 drones in surveillance combat missions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2004
Frank Colucci
Schoolhouses for UAV Pilots Up and Running The U.S. Army has set up training programs for the Hunter and new Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2013
Sandra I. Erwin
Air Force's Relationship With Unmanned Aviation Hits Plateau Remotely-piloted aircraft are the darlings of 21st century warfare. Drone fleets are expanding across the U.S. military, the CIA and the armed forces of many foreign countries. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2012
Stew Magnuson
Safety Concerns Still Blocking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles From National Airspace The Pentagon, along with the Department of Homeland Security and NASA, has been negotiating with the Federal Aviation Administration for years to allow unmanned aerial vehicles to gain regular access to the national airspace. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2007
John McHale
Sensitive and Tireless: High-Endurance UAVs Sense What Men Cannot Sensors for unmanned aircraft are evolving in efficiency and capability as payload designers look for every possible edge in surveillance, combat, and collision avoidance. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2005
Joe Pappalardo
The Future May Belong to Unconventional Designs, Missions Unmanned aerial vehicles spying on enemies may be commonplace above today's battlefields, but there is a future generation of unconventional designs with added functions that, experts predict, almost certainly will displace current drones from their lonely, lofty perches. mark for My Articles similar articles