Tag: unmanned aircraft
Establishing the CODE for Unmanned Aircraft to Fly as Collaborative Teams
The U.S. military's investments in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have proven invaluable for missions from intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) to tactical strike....
Lockheed Demos Enhanced Ground Control System and Software for Small Unmanned Aircraft
Lockheed Martin's Group 1 family of unmanned aircraft systems is migrating to enhanced automation capabilities using its Kestrel "Fly Light" flight control systems and...
Northrop Demos Electronic Attack Capability for the First Time on Unmanned Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Corporation has integrated and employed an internal miniature electronic attack payload on the Bat unmanned aircraft, marking the first time that such...
Russia Developing Unmanned Next-Generation Fighter
Russian designers are proceeding with development of an unmanned “sixth-generation” fighter jet, former Air Force chief Pyotr Deinekin said Monday. “The sixth generation of...
Navy’s First Squadron to Operate Manned and Unmanned Aircraft
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 became the first composite expeditionary helicopter squadron to include both the world's most technologically advanced helicopter; the MH-60R...
Truman Hosts X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Demonstrator for Carrier-Based Testing
The Navy hoisted an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator on board aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Nov. 26, in...
Lockheed Led Team To Develop New Autonomous Technology Aboard Unmanned Aircraft
The Office of Naval Research has awarded a $13.5 million contract to an industry team led by Lockheed Martin to explore highly advanced...
Boeing Demos Expanded Control of Unmanned Aircraft Swarm
Boeing and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) have demonstrated that an operator on the ground, using only a laptop and a...
Shadow UAS Successfully Demonstrates Sense and Avoidance System
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that it has successfully completed an unmanned flight...
Army expanding UAS fleet, speeding up delivery
The Army is speeding up delivery of some of its newer Unmanned Aircraft System assets such as the Gray Eagle and expanding the size...
