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Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Keller
Global Hawk UAV Goes to Work for NASA to Monitor Environmental Conditions on Earth NASA is operating two Global Hawk UAVs for environmental Earth observation. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2006
Global Hawk Uses Raytheon Optics Pilots of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitor enemy targets with an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) high-resolution imaging system built by Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005
Global Hawk Uses Ethernet Switch From Performance Technologies Northrop Grumman needed a switching device for their Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. They found a solution in the CPC6600 Embedded Ethernet Switch from Performance Technologies 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
National Defense
May 2009
Robert H. Williams
Global Hawk Gaining Scientific Pedigree Two high flying Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles have been adapted for environmental science research missions thanks to a joint effort by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and Northrop Grumman Corp. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008
Northrop Grumman selects SprayCool enclosures for Global Hawk SprayCool, Liberty Lake, Wash., won a contract to supply two enclosures for each of the first five of 25 planned Block 30 aircraft. The enclosures will house Northrop Grumman's processing electronics in support of the Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload program. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
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
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. 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
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
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2006
John McHale
Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology Key Part of Space-Based Radar The technology of synthetic aperture radar, which has been used to map the Earth from space, will play an integral role in the U.S. Department of Defense's space-based radar programs. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
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
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
July 2004
Michael Peck
Air Force, Navy to Join Forces On Unmanned Aircraft Project A nascent Air Force-Navy program to develop a family of unmanned combat aircraft will seek to show military planners how this technology can help commanders gather intelligence, spot the enemy and ultimately destroy designated targets. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2013
Valerie Insinna
Fight Begins Over Navy's Armed Drone Program After years of delays, the Navy plans this summer to release a request for proposals for the preliminary design phase for its unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, called UCLASS. The final RFP is set to be issued in early spring 2014. 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
May 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Soaring Costs Not Likely to Slow Down Global Hawk The Global Hawk spy aircraft has become a shining example of leap-forward technology. The aircraft also has emerged as a cautionary tale for what government auditors consider a high-risk and costly approach to building weapon systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2012
Eric Beidel
U-2, Global Hawk Advocates Square Off in Budget Battle Today, more airmen train to fly drones than bombers and fighter jets. But at least one part of that transition from manned to unmanned aviation is on hold. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2006
Army I-GNAT ER UAS Achieves 10,000 Combat Flight Hours in Record Two Years Officials at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that the unmanned aircraft system has reached a record 10,000 combat flight hours on a total of 858 combat missions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2010
Flight- and Mission-Control Computers for BAMS Maritime Patrol UAV to Come From Curtiss-Wright Curtiss-Wright Controls won a contract from Northrop Grumman to provide the Advanced Mission Management System (AMMS) for a maritime patrol variant of the RQ-4 Global Hawk long-range, high-altitude UAV. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2005
John McHale
AUVSI show: AeroVironment test-flies liquid-hydrogen-powered UAV The Global Observer, a liquid-hydrogen-powered unmanned aerial vehicle, will be able to operate at altitudes to 65,000 feet for more than a week without refueling and with a flexible payload-carrying capacity of as much as 1,000 pounds. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2014
Valerie Insinna
Navy Surveillance Drone Undergoes First Round of Flight Tests The Navy is one step closer to having its own fleet of unmanned aircraft capable of conducting long-endurance surveillance missions at high altitudes. The MQ-4C Triton completed its initial test flight phase in March. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2004
In Brief Radstone to open engineering center in U.S... First production Global Hawk UAV arrives at its new base... DRS gets orders for advanced military communications systems... RAE Systems wins military contract for fuel tank monitors... Northrop Grumman achieves SEI Level 5 software rating... etc. 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
February 2008
David A. Deptula
Unmanned Aircraft Not Just for Combat The speed with which unmanned aircraft capabilities have advanced in recent years has been astonishing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2009
In Brief Raytheon's gallium nitride chips meet operational milestone... Northrop Grumman demonstrates interoperability between manned and unmanned platforms... Lockheed Martin to support submarine imaging system... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2005
Ben Ames
Unmanned combat aircraft takes to the air Military engineers at Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems are working on a carrier-based unmanned fighter jet to serve in dangerous missions like striking enemy radar centers, or endurance missions like long-term surveillance. 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
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2008
Northrop Grumman Selects Cubic Data Link Systems for U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Each Fire Scout data link system comprises two components, air data terminals and ground data terminals, both of which assist in the Fire Scout's ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and targeting missions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2015
Allyson Versprille
Air Force Special Ops Eyes Off-Board Sensors Air Force Special Operations Command is calling on industry to develop a tactical sensor that can be flown separately from an aircraft to pinpoint enemy locations on the ground. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2009
John Keller
Network-Centric Warfare Airborne Military Communications Links Approved for Deployment U.S. Air Force officials are planning to switch an airborne military communications networking link from prototype stage to deployment, which will provide a tactical gateway that links fighting forces in the field. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2004
Brian Gorman
Global Hawk Costs Soar Cost overruns won't endanger Northrop Grumman's latest surveillance aircraft program, but federal budget cuts will likely hamper future defense contracts. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2008
Grace V. Jean
Reaper Drones Accomplishing Traditional Fighter Jet Missions Since they were first deployed as reconnaissance and attack aircraft, the Predators have been credited with helping to change the tide in counterinsurgency operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2007
DRS Technologies to provide lightweight electro-optical/infrared sensors for Army FCS UAVs The sensors will provide imagery during reconnaissance, surveillance, and target-acquisition (RSTA) missions and enhanced reconnaissance and security/early-warning capabilities, which will increase situational awareness. 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
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. 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