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National Defense
January 2009
Grace V. Jean
Drone Operators Ask Industry For 'Open' Systems The ground-based equipment that is used to fly unmanned combat aircraft is not adequate to handle the demanding missions of current conflicts, operators say. 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
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. 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
August 2008
Grace V. Jean
Predator Ground Stations Need Redesign, Say Pilots The demands for aerial surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan grow by the day, and that means more Predator unmanned aircraft and pilots are needed. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2010
Austin Wright
Army Lays Out Ambitious Plans to Expand Unmanned Aircraft Fleet In coming decades, unmanned aerial vehicles will expand their role in warfare beyond intelligence gathering to become a vital component of attack, transport and resupply missions, said Army officials. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2011
Eric Beidel
Eyes of Army Drones Multiply, Open Wide Even though unmanned aircraft have generally been spared from the conversation about the Pentagon's spending cuts, Army officials want to increase ISR capabilities without adding personnel or aircraft. 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
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
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
December 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Air Force Expands Training Program for Predator Operators A steady surge in the demand for unmanned aircraft operators in the Air Force has resulted in a tenfold increase in the number of students attending the Predator schoolhouse at Creech Air Force Base. mark for My Articles similar articles
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 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
Austin Wright
If You Can't Afford a UAV, Rent One The U.S. military hires contractors to operate certain unmanned aerial vehicles in combat zones. Federal agencies might one day do the same here in the United States. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2010
Grace V. Jean
Army's Shadow Unmanned Aircraft Receiving Upgrades For Longer Missions When the Shadow was originally conceived, it was meant to fly only a couple hours a week. In current combat operations, the drone is supporting soldiers around-the-clock. 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
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 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
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
July 2004
Michael Peck
Pentagon Setting Guidelines For Aircraft Interoperability As the number and types of unmanned aircraft continues to grow in the U.S. military services, the Pentagon is pushing the notion that UAVs should have standard interfaces so they can interact with each other. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
May 2009
Sandra I. Erwin
UAV Programs Illustrate DoD's Broken Procurement System Lack of inter-service coordination in unmanned aircraft programs is wasting millions of dollars and slowing down much-needed modernization, said departing Pentagon acquisition chief John Young. 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
July 2010
Austin Wright
Army's Unmanned Aviation Fleet Faces Technology Challenges To boost the capabilities of unmanned aircraft, the Army identified three key areas where improved technology is needed: interoperability, sense-and-avoid devices and sensors that measure equipment deterioration. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
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 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
December 2010
Eric Beidel
Greater Appetite for Unpiloted Aircraft Combat Zones Fuels Demand for Simulators The growing demand for unmanned spy aircraft in combat zones has increased the burden on training organizations that are being asked to produce more operators, and faster. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2014
Sandra I. Erwin
Shine Starting to Wear Off Unmanned Aircraft Unmanned aviation has enjoyed a decade-long honeymoon, during which the military poured billions of dollars into new drone fleets and the media ballyhooed their deadly precision in combat. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2005
John Keller
Navy looks into how to control next-generation autonomous unmanned aircraft U.S. Navy experts are redesigning the unmanned aerial vehicle control station of the future -- to accommodate new technologies and futuristic pilotless aircraft, and to reduce military manning levels by introducing more machine autonomy. 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
November 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Should Unmanned Combat Aircraft Be Piloted Only by Fighter Pilots? As more unpiloted aircraft continue to populate the battlefield, a debate is brewing within the Defense Department as to whether these vehicles should be operated only by certified pilots. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2010
Grace V. Jean
Unmanned Aircraft Training Battalion Gears Up for Gray Eagle As war commanders demand more unmanned aircraft systems to support ground units, the Army is preparing to accommodate a surge of trainees during the next few years. 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
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
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
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2014
Valerie Insinna
Predator, Reaper Crew Training at All Time High As Demand Continues Training activity at Holloman Air force Base reflects the ever-growing need for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets such as the MQ-1 and MQ-9. 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
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
National Defense
October 2011
Stew Magnuson
FAA Sets Date for Small Unmanned Planes in U.S. Airspace Mid-2013 is the latest estimate for when the Federal Aviation Administration will allow operators of small unmanned aerial vehicles to fly in national airspace without having to go through a lengthy bureaucratic certification process, according to an agency official. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2012
Dan Parsons
Companies Seek Profits In Fee-For-Service Surveillance Aircraft Airborne surveillance has become so popular that even countries that can't afford their own platforms are scrambling to acquire the capability. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2009
Grace V. Jean
Air Force Responding to Insatiable Demand for Surveillance Drones To meet the voracious need for unmanned aircraft surveillance in combat zones, the Air Force's 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing is creating a new Predator squadron, relocating its training units and expanding base operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2011
John Edwards
Remote Controllers -- Unmanned Vehicle Operators Require Diversity of Skills In today's era of tighter budgets and ever more sophisticated flight control technologies, the military is increasingly relying on remotely piloted, unmanned vehicle systems for a wide range of tasks, including intelligence gathering, remote surveillance and target applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2011
Grace V. Jean
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Fuel Demand for Satellite Bandwidth The communications-hungry drones consume large amounts of bandwidth to pipe battlefield video feeds and other sensor data back to intelligence centers and to forces on the ground. mark for My Articles similar articles