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Army to Increase Medevac Support, Add New CAB, more UAVs
WASHINGTON: The Army’s top operations officer said yesterday that not only will the Army add a new combat aviation brigade to the warfight, it will also increase the number of aircraft in medical evacuation companies. Speaking at the annual Association of the U.S. Army Aviation Symposium and Exhibition here, Lt. Gen. James D. Thurman, G-3/5/7, [...]
Unmanned Aircraft Program Grows to Support Demand
WASHINGTON: Discussions about the Army’s use of unmanned systems in the combat theater are likely to focus on bomb-detecting robots and ground vehicles able to navigate through hazardous terrain. Chances are the discussion won’t immediately go to one of the fast-growing fields in the Army: unmanned aircraft systems. These systems, operated at the tactical level [...]
Al-Qaeda says CIA attack revenge for drone killings
KABUL: Al-Qaeda hailed the suicide bombing at a CIA base in Afghanistan that killed seven agents as “revenge” for the deaths of top militants in US drone strikes, the monitoring group SITE said Thursday. A Jordanian doctor who was said to be a triple agent blew himself up at the base in Khost near the [...]
Weapons School Marks First UAV Pilot Training Graduate
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev: An Air National Guard MQ-1 Predator pilot marked the beginning of a new era Dec. 12 as the first unmanned aircraft pilot from a reserve component to graduate from the Air Force Weapons Instructor Course at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School here. Maj. Tammy Barlette, from the Arizona Air [...]
Shadow UAV Flies with Commercial Flight Management System
HUNT VALLEY, Md: AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System has performed the first “proof of concept” flight demonstration of an unmanned aircraft controlled by a four-dimensional trajectory (4DT) flight management system (FMS) certified for use in manned commercial aircraft. It [...]
Successful Maiden Flight of Hermes 900 UAV
HAIFA, Israel: Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that its Hermes 900 UAV completed a successful Maiden Flight and will commence serial production following the completion of additional flight tests. The Hermes 900 is based on the successful track record of the Hermes 450 that has accumulated over 170,000 flight hours and is one of less [...]
Heron UAS Delivered to Royal Australian Air Force Troops
BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Israel: Today (Dec. 10th, 2009) was the first delivery of the Heron Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to the Canadian company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), and to the customer, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The Heron UAS, made by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), includes an aircraft, mission payloads, Advanced [...]
Next-Gen Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Takes Flight
PALMDALE, Ca: The first Block 40 configuration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on Nov. 16. Designated AF-18, the advanced capability aircraft flew for approximately two hours from Northrop Grumman Corporation’s manufacturing facility in Palmdale, Calif., to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. “AF-18, the [...]
Ion Tiger Fuel Cell UAV Sets Flight Endurance Record
WASHINGTON: The Naval Research Laboratory’s Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), flew 26 hours and 1 minute, Nov. 16-17, carrying a 5-pound payload, setting another unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered flight. The electric fuel cell propulsion system on board the Ion Tiger has the low noise and signature [...]
