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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 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 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.  |
National Defense September 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Battlefield Information Glut Not Always Useful to Soldiers The U.S. military services need to find better ways to collect and manage intelligence in complex urban war zones, according to U.S. Joint Forces Command studies.  |
National Defense March 2006 Stew Magnuson |
City Streets Pose Problems for Unmanned Aircraft The dream of a fully autonomous rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle capable of flying through urban canyons, hovering above city streets or perching on building ledges as it gathers intelligence is one step closer to reality.  |
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 June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
More Eyes in The Sky May Not Generate Better Intelligence Military services are moving to accelerate the production and deployment of surveillance aircraft. But more eyes in the sky may not necessarily translate into better information on the ground.  |
National Defense November 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Small Spy Drones to Expand Troops' Eyes And Ears on Battlefield Despite sliding defense budgets, the collection of this critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data will continue to be a priority for the armed services, experts told National Defense.  |
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson |
U.S. Military Still Struggling to Understand Urban Environment Even after four years of combat in Iraq, industry and the Pentagon seem slow to catch up to the demands of urban war.  |
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 September 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Small UAV Demand By U.S. Army Ebbs as Overseas Market Surging The U.S. Army is the biggest buyer of small unmanned systems in the world, but as the United States largely leaves the Middle East, the market will take a nose dive, said Phil Finnegan, director of corporate analysis at The Teal Group  |
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 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.  |
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).  |
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.  |
National Defense November 2009 Grace V. Jean |
Battlefield Intelligence: Easy to Collect, Tough to Share The U.S. military has deployed unmanned aircraft and other information collection devices at a pace that exceeds the capabilities of battlefield intelligence systems to archive, analyze and disseminate the video and imagery.  |
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 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 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 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.  |
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 November 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Marine Corps R&D Focuses on Urban Scenarios That the Marine Corps would like to return to its expeditionary, sea-based roots after serving the past decade in Iraq and Afghanistan is well known.  |
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.  |
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 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.  |
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.  |
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.  |
National Defense May 2007 Stew Magnuson |
Soldiers Test Tools for Urban Surveillance Field tests begin for the first technologies scheduled to reach soldiers' hands from the Future Combat Systems program.  |
National Defense January 2016 Allyson Versprille |
Affordable Surveillance a Priority for Special Operations U.S. Special Operations Command is looking to add more affordable surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance systems to its inventory, the head of acquisition and procurement said.  |
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.  |
National Defense April 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Unmanned Aircraft `Roadmap' Reflects Changing Priorities More attention needs to be paid to the technology supporting the Defense Department's unmanned aircraft systems.  |
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 November 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Wide Area Surveillance Sensors Prove Value on Battlefields Heidi Breslow, a retired Marine Corps corporal and battlefield intelligence analyst, described how she would use unmanned aerial vehicles coupled with the latest wide area airborne surveillance sensors to help protect ground troops.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 J.R. Wilson |
Manned and Unmanned Aircraft to Share Controlled and Commercial Airspace Governments, organizations, and industries throughout the world are trying to find ways of developing electronic and electro-optical technologies to enable unmanned aerial vehicles to operate together safely.  |
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 May 2012 Dan Parsons |
Commanders Feel Deficiency as Wars Hog Surveillance Platforms The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have proven the efficacy of airborne surveillance as a military tool. The conflicts have also hogged almost all of the U.S. military's manned and unmanned surveillance platforms, to the detriment of combatant commanders elsewhere.  |
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Although Combat Proven, Global Hawk Has Yet to Pass Key Tests In an upcoming evaluation of the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk reconnaissance unmanned aircraft, testers will determine whether a military system that already has seen extensive combat can pass the rigorous tests the Defense Department.  |
National Defense February 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Marine Corps Set to Deploy Next-Generation Unmanned Aircraft The Marine Corps and Navy will launch their newest unmanned aerial system, the RQ-21A Blackjack, from a ship this spring for the first time, and are looking into developing pocket-sized reconnaissance drones.  |
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.  |
National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel |
Uncertainty, Challenges Mark Future For Military's Unpiloted Aircraft The use of unmanned aerial systems in Iraq and Afghanistan has shown that they are invaluable in uncontested airspace. But questions remain about how the current generation of U.S. drones would fair in unfriendly skies.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 |
New Global Hawk Production Aircraft Surpass 1,000 Combat Hours Two new Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance systems, built by Northrop Grumman Corp., have flown approximately 50 missions and more than 1,000 combat hours in support of coalition forces since their deployment in the Persian Gulf in January of this year.  |
National Defense January 2016 Stew Magnuson |
Marines Prepare to Fight at Sea, on the Ground, From the Air After more than a decade of slogging counterinsurgency warfare, the Marine Corps is preparing for the conflicts of the future.  |
National Defense October 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Navy's New Drones Taking Center Stage The Navy finally is developing its own custom unmanned air systems, with the service planning on fielding four new aircraft in the next few years.  |
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  |
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 David Schneider |
Drone Aircraft: How the Drones Got Their Stingers Unmanned aerial vehicles come of age  |
National Defense July 2012 Antoine Martin |
Promising Outlook for Navy's Unmanned Aviation The U.S. Navy has ambitious plans to deploy new families of unmanned aircraft over the next decade.  |
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.  |
National Defense February 2013 Dan Parsons |
More Drones Become Helicopter Sidekicks Troops can't seem to get enough of the aerial reconnaissance gathered by manned and unmanned aircraft, which has proven invaluable to them in recent conflicts.  |
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 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.  |