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Unmanned aircraft take on increased importance
WASHINGTON: The U.S. military’s expanded overseas use of unmanned aircraft highlights the increased importance of such aerial platforms to current and future military operations, senior Air Force officers said here July 23. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan announced July 23 will serve as a template for how the Air Force will look in 2047 [...]
Northrop Highlights Unmanned Systems at UV Europe 2009
LONDON: Northrop Grumman Corporation will be participating in the UV Europe conference and exhibition where it will highlight its industry leading capabilities in unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned ground systems, and their effectiveness in combating piracy and irregular warfare. Northrop Grumman has a 60-year history of providing more than 100,000 unmanned aircraft systems to military [...]
AFOTEC Members Put Unmanned Aircraft Through Paces
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE: It’s no secret that unmanned aircraft are widely used in today’s war to provide information, surveillance and armed reconnaissance. What’s not widely known is the evaluation process these aircraft go through before they are delivered to the warfighter. Members of Detachment 5 of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center [...]
Fire Scout Aircraft Demos Real-time Video Feed
SAN DIEGO: A Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) testing in the U.S. provided a real-time video feed of electro-optical/ infrared sensor (EO/IR) imagery to participants at the Paris Air Show recently. The video feed was provided by a U.S. Navy aircraft flying from the Webster [...]
Air Force Leaders Roll Out UAS Flight Plan
WASHINGTON: Air Force leaders ushered in a new era of airpower capabilities with the approval of the Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan June 23 by Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz. The plan, which was developed by the Air Force’s UAS Task [...]
Georgia says Russian drones overflying its territory
TBILISI: Georgia’s Interior Ministry accused Russia on Wednesday of increasing the number of reconnaissance missions conducted by spy drones over its territory. “Russia has increased the number of flights by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) over the territory controlled by Georgia for reconnaissance purposes,” the ministry said in a statement. At the same time, the ministry [...]
Global Hawk in Successful Next-Generation Payload Flight Testing
SAN DIEGO: The combat-proven RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, continues to prove its mettle by exceeding more than 31,000 cumulative flight hours for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. More than 76 percent of these flight hours were flown in support of overseas contingency operations (OCO) efforts. [...]
First Flight of Land-Based MQ-8B Fire Scout
SAN DIEGO: A Northrop Grumman Corporation MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS), designated P7, has successfully completed first flight operations at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. Unlike current Navy configured Fire Scouts, P7 was built in an operational land-based configuration. It is the first MQ-8B to fly without flight test instrumentation normally installed for [...]
Unveilling Next-Gen High-Flying Global Hawk UAV
Palmdale CA: Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force unveiled the next-generation of high-flying unmanned aircraft – the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk – in a ceremony at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility. “This unveiling of the first of 15 Block 40 aircraft is a significant step to fielding Global Hawk to Grand Forks [...]
