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National Defense
August 2014
Yasmin Tadjdeh
Special Operations Command Modernizing Aircraft, Investing In New Technology One of SOCOM's largest investments will go toward upgrading and sustaining its aircraft, which transport and support operators around the world in remote destinations. 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
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 2013
Dan Parsons
U.S. Special Operations Command Seeks Intelligence Capabilities for Duty Worldwide Business opportunities abound providing communications and ISR gear for special operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2014
Yasmin Tadjdeh
Special Operations Command Increases Technology Funding Renowned for being the military's most agile and cost-effective force, SOCOM's overall budget is slated to increase in the upcoming fiscal year, allowing for more procurement and personnel funding. 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
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
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
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2011
Grace V. Jean
U.S. Special Operations Command's Equipment Buys Focus on Aviation The largest buy that the command intends to make in 2012 is for unconventional warfare aircraft such as light and medium commercial airplanes -- the Pilatus PC-12, the M-28 Skytruck and the DO-328. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
July 2011
Eric Beidel
Military Investigates Killer Drones That Can Fit in Rucksacks Troops are demanding smaller unmanned aerial vehicles on the front lines, sparking efforts to develop lighter weapons for the aircraft. Now there are plans to make weapons out of the drones themselves. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
March 2007
Smart Weapons for UAVs The Origins of Weaponized UAVs... Deployment of Weaponized UAVs... Gravity Dropped Munitions for UAVs... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2005
Joe Pappalardo
New Weapons Sought For Special Ops Gunships New more precise weapons are being considered for the now higher flying AC-130. When the AC-130 is phased out state-of-the-art concepts include unmanned craft. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2010
Grace V. Jean
Special Operations Aviators Gear Up for Aircraft Upgrades Boosting the availability of special operations aircraft - whether they are helicopters, fixed-wing, or unmanned - has been called a top priority at U.S. Special Operations Command. 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
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
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2008
Stew Magnuson
Special Operations Command: It Takes Too Long to Get Equipment To carry out their mission in Iraq, special operators will need better sensors, more up to date aircraft, and additional tactical trucks. 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
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
May 2011
Grace V. Jean
Marine Special Operators Rely Heavily on Hand-Launched Drones The newest component of U.S. Special Operations Command has quickly embraced drone technology, particularly the small hand-launched aircraft that weigh less than 20 pounds and fly at speeds under 100 knots. 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
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 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
May 2012
Sandra I. Erwin
Too Much Information, Not Enough Intelligence The Defense Department over the last decade has built up an inventory of billions of dollars worth of spy aircraft and battlefield sensors. Those systems create avalanches of data that clog military information networks and overwhelm analysts. 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
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
September 2007
Sandra I. Erwin
Air Force Not Yet Ready To Trade In Jet Fighters For Unmanned Bombers Much excitement has surrounded the deployment of the Air Force's newest attack aircraft, the Reaper, which happens to be a drone. 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
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. 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
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2004
Keller & Wilson
Information Technology is Key to Air Force 2020 As Air Force leaders look to the future, they are examining how information dominance and real-time shared situational awareness are critical to the challenges of four kinds of military operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2011
Stew Magnuson
Army Takes Wait-and-See Approach for Unmanned Cargo Resupply Aircraft As the Marine Corps moves ahead with field tests of unmanned helicopters that can resupply remote bases in Afghanistan, the Army is taking a cautious approach to the concept. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2014
Stew Magnuson
Changing Missions Means New Equipment Needs for Special Operators Special Operations Command's acquisition organization for the past 12 years has been working under one axiom. Whatever they needed they could get it. But those days are quickly coming to an end. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh
AC-130J Ghostrider Program Hits Developmental Snags The aircraft's developers face a number of developmental issues, including trouble integrating the precision strike package -- a key component of the new gunship. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2011
Grace V. Jean
Army Special Operations Command Wants Speedier Helicopters One of the biggest drawbacks of helicopters is that they are slow, which makes them vulnerable to enemy fire. mark for My Articles similar articles
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
May 2014
Valerie Insinna
Confusion Surrounds Navy's Carrier-Based Drone The Navy in 2010 first released a request for information for the unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, or UCLASS, but officials took years debating whether it wanted a revolutionary technology or something less risky. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. 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
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 2011
Grace V. Jean
Army Special Forces Gear Up For Gray Eagle As the Army ramps up production of the Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft, officials at U.S. Army Special Operations Command are developing tactics and plans for operating two companies worth of vehicles slated to come online beginning in 2013. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
July 2015
Jon Harper
Special Ops Forces Fuel Demand for Ultralight Vehicles When it comes to ground vehicles, U.S. Special Operations Command is embracing the notion that lighter is better. 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
May 2011
Grace V. Jean
Invisibility, Nighttime Sensing Top SOCOM's Science and Technology Priorities U.S. Special Operations Command is perhaps best known for grabbing technologies off the shelf and adapting them for challenging missions. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
November 2015
Jon Harper
Navy Working on 'Sci-Fi' Weapons The Navy's research-and-development dollars are going toward systems that will help the service stay ahead of advanced weaponry being developed by China and other potential adversaries. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2012
Eric Beidel
Budget Cuts Could Threaten Special Operations Innovation If any part of the military is going to weather the budget storm and still be able to carry out ambitious, speedy acquisitions, experts say it will be SOCOM. But that doesn't mean austerity won't challenge the command or force it to change the way it has been doing things for the past decade. mark for My Articles similar articles