Military UAVs – Page 143
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Top 100: Kaman rises five places after Bell endorsement
KAMAN HAS risen five places to number 83 in our Top 100 after a year in which it won a five-year contract to build composite blade skins and core assemblies...
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NewsA160 Hummingbird crashes during testing in Belize
The US Special Operations Command and Boeing cut short flight tests of the YMQ-18A unmanned helicopter after one crashed in Belize ...
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Lockheed, Boeing slash executive ranks
Two major US defence companies are shedding 1,000 executives in a high-profile effort to slash costs as top Department of Defense officials raise pressure on suppliers to raise efficiency.
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New UAVs emerge at Polish show
Several new unmanned air vehicle designs were unveiled during the MSPO exhibition in Poland, including two flying wing systems ...
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Raytheon to upgrade UAV sensor
Raytheon will get $37.4 million from the US Army to dramatically improve the common sensor payload (CSP) for unmanned aerial vehicles. The Cambridge,...
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NewsFlexrotor makes first flight
Aerovel has performed the first flight with its Flexrotor miniature unmanned air vehicle ...
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Raytheon's Griffin missile makes quiet gains with US military
The US Air Force plans to launch production of a new Raytheon missile to equip its weaponised unmanned air vehicles with a precision-guided projectile featuring a smaller but still potent blast radius.
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BAE buys sensor company
BAE Systems is expanding its sensor portfolio, acquiring electro-optical systems and multispectral sensor company OASYS Technology. The terms of the...
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NewsLong discarded VTOL concepts revived in unmanned systems
Long-discarded ideas in aviation may fade, but never seem to die. The AUVSI convention revealed numeorus examples ...
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This Week Briefing
Boeing will decide within four months on whether to increase the monthly 737 production rate from 35 units to 40
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Israeli navy picks Orbiter 2 UAV
Israel's navy has selected Aeronautics Defense Systems' Orbiter 2 unmanned air vehicle for deployment from some of its combat vessels. Launched by...
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NewsUS SOCOM expands Puma purchase
US Special Operations Command will spend $35.3 million on Puma All Environment unmanned air vehicles, says manufacturer Aerovironment ...
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AUVSI: Rockwell ready to fly damage-tolerant control algorithms
Rockwell Collins is preparing to begin test flying its damage tolerant flight control algorithms onboard an unnamed operational unmanned air vehicle (UAV)...
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Opinion
Comment: Oh, what a lovely war
Fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan has been the making of an unmanned aircraft industry whose products have become frontline essentials. The prospect of peace poses serious dangers
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Slicing the UAV market
For L-3 Communications, good things come in small packages. As an outfit that ranks itself as the sixth-biggest defence company in the USA, and a leader in sectors ranging from intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to secure communications, training, aircraft modernisation, propulsion systems, avionics and satellite communications to name just a ...
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AUVSI: Fire Scout restrictions after lost link near Washington DC
The US Navy has placed operating restrictions on Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout after losing control of the aircraft on 2 August over restricted airspace...
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AUVSI: BAMS breaks RQ convention for Global Hawk series
Despite asking to receive an "MQ" designation for the maritime version of the Global Hawk series, the US Navy wants to make it clear the Broad Area Maritime...
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AUVSI: Pentagon budget crunch coming to UAVs, too
The unmanned community is not immune to the Pentagon's current budgetary pressures, Dyke Weatherington, deputy director of unmanned warfare in the office...
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AUVSI: Marines continue robotic mule research
The US Marines' amphibious branch takes upa concept abandoned by the Army that was intendedto help ground troops slog through rough terrain