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LONGBOW Data Link Controls UAV From Apache Helicopter For First Time
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly (UTA) recently controlled an unmanned vehicle from an AH-64D Apache Block III attack helicopter, while both were in flight. The LONGBOW LLC is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. During flight tests, the UTA controlled the payload and flight [...]
UAV Payload Market Will Reach $2.9bn in 2011
Global spending on payloads and subsystems for military and security purposes has jumped in recent years on the back of a surge in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) deployment. Behind the growing use of UAVs lies increasing eagerness on the part of governments worldwide to harness unprecedented intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, communication and attack capabilities provided by [...]
Manned Unmanned Systems Integration: Mission accomplished
The Army’s Program Executive Office for Aviation’s offices Project Manager’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems, PM Armed Scout Helicopter and PM Apache have worked together with the goal to make the most capable, automated, lethal and interoperable systems available to our forward deployed Soldiers and our allies. On Sept. 16, Program Executive Office for Aviation, or PEO, [...]
US flying armed drones out of Ethiopia: report
The US Air Force is flying armed drones from a civilian airport in southern Ethiopia as part of a growing battle against Al-Qaeda linked Shabab militants in Somalia, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The airfield in Arba Minch is part of a network of secret bases for unmanned aircraft in the Horn of Africa and [...]
UAVs Reaping Benefits In Afghanistan
The RAF’s Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the eyes in the sky keeping tabs on the insurgency in Afghanistan. Report by Andrew Simms. Bunkered down for the evening in a remote rural compound, a group of insurgents masquerading as Helmand farm workers has prepared thoroughly for the prospect of unwelcome midnight callers. Before taking [...]
US Air Force Short-lists Three Bases for UAV Squadron
Air Force officials announced today Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.; Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; and Shaw AFB, S.C. as the candidate bases for one active-duty Air Force MQ-1/9 Remote Split Operations Squadron. The list of candidate bases was approved by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff [...]
German Armed Forces Receive First Euro Hawk UAV
Euro Hawk, the premier Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for the German Armed Forces, was presented today to government officials and media during a rollout ceremony held in Manching, Germany. The UAS arrived on 21 July 2011 following a nonstop ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California to Manching. After its [...]
Raytheon’s Speed-of-Light Protection System Can Shield Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Raytheon’sCommon Infrared Counter Measures solution for U.S. Army helicopters is also ideal for protecting unmanned aircraft systems. At 15 pounds less than the Army’s requirement, Raytheon’s CIRCM system is lightweight enough for large UAS platforms. “These unmanned aircraft are widely deployed in today’s battlespace, and they are highly vulnerable to missile attacks,” said Mike Booen, [...]
Virus Threat to UK Drones
A virus has been detected in control consoles at the US base where RAF pilots control Britain’s fleet of Predator drones on missions over Afghanistan According to hi-tech website Wires the infection has been detected at Creech Air Force base in Nevada where RAF 39 Squadron operate Predator and Reaper unmanned aircraft. The virus is [...]
