Post Tagged with: "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle"
US Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Shines At Sea
San Diego CA: The Northrop Grumman-developed MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) successfully completed the latest set of fully autonomous flight operations onboard the USS McInerney (FFG-8) in support of dynamic interface testing. This was a critical step for the U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout toward Operational Evaluation (OpEval), [...]
US drone attacks counter-productive: Pakistan PM
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday said attacks by US drones on Pakistani territory were “counter-productive” because they undermined Islamabad’s efforts to isolate militants. “As far as drone attacks are concerned, the entire world has the same stand as Pakistan has that drone attacks are counter-productive,” Gilani told reporters in a televised press conference [...]
Hunter UAV Reaches 75k Flight Hours Milestone
HERNDON, Va.: Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed 75,000 flight hours in service, 50,000 of which were flown in combat. The MQ-5B Hunter, which is currently deployed in the Global War on Terrorism, provides warfighters with state-of-the-art reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition (RSTA), communications [...]
US Shares Drone Intelligence with Pakistan
WASHINGTON: The top U.S. military officer says the United States has shared intelligence with Pakistan that was gathered by unmanned aircraft flying over Pakistani territory. But he says there is no joint-control of drone missions, as a U.S. newspaper reported on Wednesday. The comments came during a U.S. Senate committee hearing, at which one leading [...]
Aurora Flies Large Solar-Powered Aircraft
MANASSAS, VA: Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that it has successfully flown the SunLight Eagle, a solar-powered unmanned aircraft. The flights took place at the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Test Center operated by the Physical Science Laboratory of New Mexico State University. The SunLight Eagle has a wingspan of 114 feet — roughly that of [...]
Future of military aviation lies with drones: US admiral
Washington: Unmanned aircraft likely represent the future for US military aviation with next generation bombers and fighter planes operating without pilots onboard, the top US military officer said on Thursday. “We’re at a real time of transition here in terms of the future of aviation, and the whole issue of what’s going to be manned [...]
US military sharing drone data with Pakistan: admiral
Washington: The United States has taken the unprecedented step of sharing with Islamabad surveillance data collected by drones flying over Pakistan, the top US military officer said Thursday. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed that Pakistan had requested surveillance support missions by US unmanned aircraft at a Senate hearing. “In [...]
Pakistan seeks ownership of US drones: Zardari
London: Pakistan has asked Washington for “ownership” of US drones carrying out attacks on its territory, President Asif Ali Zardari said Wednesday. “Democracy doesn’t believe in half measures. We’ve asked for the ownership of the drones,” he said, when asked about reports that the US has agreed to pass control of drone aircraft to Islamabad. [...]
Fuel Cells to Extend Capabilities Of UAV Propulsion Systems
Southborough MA: Protonex Technology has announced that it has received a $265,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for advanced development of high performance fuel cell systems for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This award expands upon a series of efforts by Protonex to miniaturize fuel cells for use in smaller UAVs. [...]


