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The Motley Fool June 15, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing Bets on Black (Ops) Boeing came late to the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) party, but you've got to give these guys credit -- now that they're here, they aim to make a splash.  |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2008 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? The military shows its love for unmanned aerial vehicles by giving AeroVironment permission to begin building its Wasps as fast as humanly possible. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool October 2, 2008 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 4 A look at Raytheon, one of the players in the unmanned aerial vehicles sector.  |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Rich Smith |
Budget Deficit? What Budget Deficit? The Pentagon has plenty of money for new toys.  |
The Motley Fool February 11, 2008 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 2 The military is getting mighty serious about bulking up its robotic air force, and there's money to be made here in the future -- for the contractors, and for their shareholders.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2011 Rich Smith |
AeroVironment Delivers for DARPA The new Shrike UAV was three weeks in the inventing, three years in the making.  |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2011 Rich Smith |
U.S. Navy Gets a New $2.6 Billion Toy The U.S. Navy has fallen so in love with the Fire Scout remotely piloted helicopter drone that it ordered 168 of them, and offered to pay $2.6 billion.  |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part Fin One last update on the development of unmanned aerial vehicles.  |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Rich Smith |
Boeing: Can't Join 'Em? Beat 'Em! Boeing may be top o' the heap in commercial airliners and military transports, and it may even do a decent job on helicopters. But when it comes to the next big thing in aeronautics -- unmanned aerial vehicles the company's looking like a bit of an also-ran.  |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Rich Smith |
Northrop Grumman: More than Just UAVs Northrop Grumman just landed a $432 million contract to build two new E-2D "Advanced Hawkeye" command and control aircraft for the Navy. And this is just the beginning.  |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Rich Smith |
Northrop Gains Air Superiority Northrop Grumman signs an important contract with the U.S. Navy to develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Keep an eye on Northrop, investors; they may be pulling ahead of competition as the nation's foremost military aircraft maker.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool December 30, 2009 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? (The 2009 Boxed Set) It's been a good year for unmanned aerial vehicles -- and a great year for investing in 'em. Here's an update on who's who and what's what in the exciting world of flying model airplanes that kill.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 Rich Smith |
Lockheed Defenseless? Boeing Busted? Maybe, but there are also winners aplenty in the Pentagon's new budget.  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Rich Smith |
Boeing Pushes the Envelope on UAVs If the FAA wants 'em, Boeing's got 'em.  |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2009 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Revenge Of The Robots Things are evolving fast in the unmanned aerial vehicle business, and they're starting to get just a wee bit dangerous too.  |
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: AeroVironment's Pre-Flight Reality Check In its first year as a public company, AeroVironment turned in results that beat expectations in every single quarter. But can this high-tech model-airplane maker repeat the feat in year two?  |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Rich Smith |
L-3 Adds One And ups its game in UAVs.  |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2010 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? (The Helicopter Edition) As fast and furious as unmanned, horizontal-flying aircraft have evolved, the big defense story in recent months has been the advances going on in robotic helicopters.  |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2009 Rich Smith |
A Soft Landing for AeroVironment Sure, AeroVironment took a tumble, but it could have been worse.  |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 3 It's time to catch up with the latest developments regarding unmanned aerial vehicles.  |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2008 Rich Smith |
AeroVironment: Good Kitty After soaring 10% over the course of the past week, shares of unmanned aerial vehicle maker AeroVironment have finally settled on a cruising altitude near an all-time high.  |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2009 Rich Smith |
Pentagon Unveils Crystal Ball Defense Secretary Gates says that the military needs to start preparing for "the wars we are most likely to fight -- not just the wars we're best suited to fight." Which companies stand to benefit from this?  |
The Motley Fool May 29, 2009 Rich Smith |
Say It Ain't So, Boeing The aerospace giant has landed more than $312 million in contracts to lease its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle to the Navy and Marine Corps over the past two years.  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? It seems everywhere you look these days, people are talking about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).  |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2009 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Unmanned aerial vehicles spread wings and take flight around the globe. Invest in this trend today. Move too slow, and it may fly away from you.  |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2009 Rich Smith |
Textron: The Original Bad Bank If only they'd stick to what they do well.  |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2010 Rich Smith |
Textron Gains Air Superiority All of a sudden, Textron is the "it" UAV maker. And the source of its popularity -- while not Japan, per se -- is most definitely international.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Just how good can UAVs get?  |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2007 Rich Smith |
AeroVironment Lifts Off The unmanned aerial vehicle maker's superb results revive this fallen IPO star. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool March 5, 2008 Rich Smith |
Rockwell Collins' Cryptic Catch Price considerations aside, Rockwell Collins looks like a smart buy.  |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2008 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: AeroVironment Warms Up In advance of earnings, analysts wonder how unmanned aerial vehicle maker AeroVironment will wrap up its first fiscal year.  |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Northrop Grumman's Bad Omen In advance of earnings, analysts wonder if Northrop Grumman will miss estimates again, as it had last quarter.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Northrop Grumman The defense contractor releases its second-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow morning. Investors, take note.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2009 Rich Smith |
"Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" Part VIII Where UAVs trump global thermonuclear war and which companies are putting their efforts into the UAV arena.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Rich Smith |
Pentagon to Defense Contractors: We've Got Your Back As Defense Secretary Robert Gates reiterated plans to cut in excess of $100 billion from Pentagon spending over the next five years, they also try to reassure that they're not out to hurt anyone -- least of all investors.  |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2009 Rich Smith |
This Stock Should Soar The robotic-plane maker overachieves and is underpriced.  |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2010 Rich Smith |
Lockheed Loves Itself Can it afford $3 billion in share buybacks? Sure. But is it a good idea?  |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Rich Smith |
Raytheon Joins the UAV Race Raytheon has come up with an innovative system for guarding our nation's airports against the threat of shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles.  |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2008 Rich Smith |
AeroVironment Evolves To get the whole story about AeroVironment, you had to listen to the post-earnings conference call.  |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2008 Rich Smith |
Raptors and Lightnings and F-16s. Oh, My! How will the Pentagon deal with a cash-strapped economy? How should you?  |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2011 Evan Niu |
AeroVironment Is Flying High The company lands a big military contract.  |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2008 Rich Smith |
A Contract Is Awarded, and Humvee Hilarity Ensues Boeing and Textron complain to the Government Accountability Office about having lost the Pentagon's Humvee contract. Northrop Grumman, and Oshkosh have filed protests as well.  |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2009 Rich Smith |
Addled Admiral Builds a Robot Navy U.S. Navy Admiral Gary Roughead wants to cut loose on the Pentagon's strait-laced acquisition rules and begin buying cutting-edge tech for the Navy.  |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2009 Rich Smith |
Northrop Grumman: Bad News Is Good News Northrop stunned the investing world by announcing that it will report a loss in the next quarter, but the news isn't as bad as it seems.  |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2008 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: AeroVironment Warms Up In advance of earnings, analysts expect AeroVironment to remain virtually unchanged.  |