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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.  |
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.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 J.R. Wilson |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Get Ready for Prime Time Government leaders are supportive of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) use in non-military applications such as border control, emergency response, law enforcement, and forest fire surveillance.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 Courtney E. Howard |
Reaper Unmanned Vehicle Joins Fighters in Afghanistan The MQ-9 Reaper, the U.S. Air Force's new hunter-killer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), is flying missions in Afghanistan while being remotely operated by pilots and sensor operators.  |
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al. |
10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications.  |
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.  |
National Defense March 2006 Grace Jean |
Urban Battlefield is Proving Ground For Unmanned Aerial Systems Demand for smaller and more capable aircraft systems continues to grow but analysts say that in order to make these aircraft more effective in the urban environment, a fistful of technology improvements are needed.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 J.R. Wilson |
Hunter-Killer UAVs to swarm battlefields Hunter-Killer: by most definitions, the term designates an entirely new class of UAV, not a weaponized sensor platform, such as the MQ-1 Predator, but an aircraft designed from the beginning to seek out and strike targets.  |
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force Stepping Out of Comfort Zone Throughout the blue-suit community, there is an undeniable and growing recognition that the Air Force is changing, not just by design, but also in an effort to adjust to these tumultuous times.  |
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.  |
National Defense November 2009 Erwin, Jean & Magnuson |
Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.  |
Popular Mechanics September 9, 2009 Joe Pappalardo |
4 Forgotten Facts About Combat UAVs One important fact is that UAVs aren't unmanned -- they're remotely controlled.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
National Defense February 2011 Scott Hamilton |
Here's a Thought: The Pentagon Wants 'Thinking' Drones UAVs have gained favor as ways to reduce risk to combat troops, the cost of hardware and the reaction time in a surgical strike.  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 David Schneider |
Drone Aircraft: How the Drones Got Their Stingers Unmanned aerial vehicles come of age  |
National Defense January 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Air Force to Army: There Are Better Ways to Deploy Surveillance Aircraft Dozens of robotic and piloted aircraft have been deployed to the war zones, but little information is garnered because they are employed inefficiently.  |
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.  |
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.  |
Defense Update March 2007 |
Smart Weapons for UAVs The Origins of Weaponized UAVs... Deployment of Weaponized UAVs... Gravity Dropped Munitions for UAVs... etc.  |
National Defense May 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
In Today's Wars, Air Strikes Under Fire The Air Force and the Army feud over who gets to be in charge of the "big guns" on the battlefield. The rivalry has become irrelevant in current wars, where one doesn't win by killing, but by gaining the trust of the population.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 John McHale |
UAV Market Shows Strong Growth Through Next Decade The market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) appears to be growing steadily over the next ten years because of the successful deployment of these pilotless aircraft in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, market analysts say.  |
National Defense April 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army on a Fast Track to Build its Own High-Tech Air Force The Army soon will begin deploying larger quantities of remotely piloted high-tech surveillance aircraft.  |
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
A Never-Ending Feud Over Roles and Missions The Army vs. Air Force feud over unmanned aircraft has escalated in recent months.  |
National Defense February 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Budget Cuts Force Army Unmanned Aviation to Make Do With What It Has As defense budgets decline, the Army intends to stand pat with four basic unmanned aerial vehicle models, officials said at a recent conference.  |
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.  |
National Defense April 2005 Frank Colucci |
Army Developing Tactics for Armed Robotic Aircraft The topic of armed UAVs is gaining attention at the Defense Department. Examples: The Army's Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle is being outfitted with precision-guided weapons for duty in Iraq. And Boeing's unmanned Little Bird helicopter is being tested at Fort Eustis.  |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2006 |
The Challenges of Command and Control in Urban Operations In the past, offensive military operations have usually been conducted in urban environments only when unavoidable, but conflicts are shifting into the cities, where terrorists and insurgents find safe havens.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
National Defense December 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Guardsmen Shift Roles to Align More with Air Force The Air National Guard is reorganizing -- shedding some traditional missions and taking on new ones -- in order to play a larger national-security role as its active-duty partner, the Air Force, shrinks in size.  |
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.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2009 Courtney E. Howard |
Army's Sky Warrior Alpha UAV Takes Out Insurgent Force During Battle in Iraq Warrior Alpha has become the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to fire missiles in combat.  |
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.  |
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.  |
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Joint-Service Focus Shapes UAV Roadmap The Pentagon is working on a new roadmap for unmanned aerial vehicles to accommodate the rapid growth in UAV programs seen in the past several years.  |
National Defense March 2010 |
Readers Sound Off On Recent Stories Unmanned air vehicle turf wars... Collecting intelligence... Acquisition reform in the defense industry...  |
Parameters Spring 2005 Saxby Chambliss |
We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform Over the last decade, our intelligence community has failed us. It wasn't able to penetrate the al Qaeda terrorist organization, and we paid a high price for that failure.  |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
Drones: More Than a Buzzword for Boeing Boeing's gamble in unmanned aircraft may pay off ... one day.  |
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson |
For Coast Guard, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Remain A Distant Goal The Coast Guard, the service responsible for protecting the homeland from sea-based terrorist attacks as well as conducting search-and-rescue missions, as of yet does not have a dedicated UAV that it can fly off its ships.  |
National Defense July 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Aerial Drone Sensor Data Now Linked to Apache Helicopters A new communications link installed on Apache helicopters streams full-motion video into cockpits, which is giving pilots a more complete picture of what's happening in the complex urban landscapes where they fight  |
National Defense November 2006 Hunter Grunden |
Special Operators Welcome Small Drones, But Need Better Sensors Troops from the Air Force Special Operations Command are deploying increasing numbers of unmanned aircraft. But while the technology generally is considered useful, it needs improvements.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John Keller |
DOD to cut unmanned aerial vehicle procurement by one third over next decade The early years of the 21st century have seen explosive growth in U.S. Department of Defense purchases of unmanned aerial vehicles, but DOD is expected to cut UAV procurement by one-third over the next decade.  |
National Defense March 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Insurgents Learn to Exploit U.S. Military's Vulnerabilities As insurgents continue to develop more lethal means to attack U.S. forces and allies in Iraq, both military and private security officials have been conducting briefings on how to recognize and avoid the ubiquitous threats of suicide bombs, roadside mines and ambushes.  |
National Defense February 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Military Rivalries Rekindled Over `Roles and Missions' The team spirit seen on the front lines typically does not translate into affable negotiations at the Pentagon's budget table, where the services wage bureaucratic wars for their share of a $420 billion defense pie.  |
Popular Mechanics February 23, 2010 Joe Pappalardo |
How Israel's Biggest Drone Could Take Out Iranian Nukes The Israeli Air Force has been buying and upgrading airplanes specifically for long-distance strikes such as a potential attack against Iran.  |
National Defense October 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Unmanned Aircraft Makers Look Overseas for New Markets Unmanned aerial vehicles have unquestionably been one of the biggest success stories for the U.S. military on battlefields over the past decade. Can U.S. manufacturers can capitalize on the game-changing technology and expand their customer base internationally?  |