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The US Navy said its drone boats fired lethal weaponry for the first time in the Middle East. In a recent exercise, the remotely piloted boats launched explosives at simulated [...]

A key lesson of history is that every war is different. Consequently, to benefit from the insights provided by history, prudent war planners must confront the probability of the unexpected [...]

* POINT MUGU, Calif.--On a strip of marshland abutting the Pacific Ocean, the buzz of drones could be heard flying overhead. In the adjacent flight line, a handful of unmanned [...]

The Navy's leader in unmanned aviation and strike weapons talks about the technology, priorities and strategy behind the rapidly growing force of the future. The new normal Today we are [...]

This commentary is in response to Alan W. Dowd's 'Drone Wars: Risks and Warnings'; W. Andrew Terrill's 'Drones over Yemen: Weighing Military Benefits and Political Costs'; Greg Kennedy's 'Drones: Legitimacy [...]

* The U.S. military may be the most high-profile owner and operator of unmanned aircraft, but it is far from the only customer of the controversial vehicles. There is no [...]

at the edge of a stubbly, dried-out alfalfa field outside Grand Junction, Colorado, Deputy Sheriff Derek Johnson, a stocky young man with a buzz cut, squints at a speck crawling [...]

ON A CLEAR DAY EARLY NEXT YEAR, an unmanned aircraft painted in the dark gull gray of a Navy fighter jet will take off from a runway at Naval Air [...]

GROWTH IN the monetary value of the military drone business, although not repeating its meteoric ascent of the last decade, is expected to remain positive for the next several years, [...]

As the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) spies on Iranian nuclear sites, picks off al-Qaida operatives in Pakistan and Yemen, spots drug smugglers and pirates, even delivers supplies to combat outposts, [...]

A single Predator or Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that Air National Guard pilots fly over Iraq and Afghanistan can collect enough video and other information in a day to [...]

FOR ENSIGN KYNDRA CHITWOOD, LEARNING HOW TO FLY blind is just part of becoming 'a U.S. naval aviator. The 23-year-old strides across the flight it line at Naval Air Station [...]

'The only way the mortar team was able to evade your pursuit was by digging in, a tactic that does not play well to their strengths, and making it only [...]

It's clear that the Navy intends to buy a carrier-based unmanned aircraft able to conduct reconnaissance and, if needed, strike a target. But after years of deliberation among service officials, [...]

* Northrop Grumman's X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle in May took off from the USS George H.W. Bush, circled back to the vessel and skimmed its wheels across the flight deck [...]

Byline: James Drew US Air Force Special Operations Command wants an expendable, tube-launched small unmanned aerial vehicle for its AC-130 'battleplane' for peering beneath cloud cover to direct gunfire and [...]

On February 27, 1991, the crew of the USS Missouri watched on monitors as Iraqi soldiers gave up when a Pioneer unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew near them -- thought [...]

As reported by Military & Aerospace Electronics, the Defense Department is seeking $2.45 billion in fiscal year 2015 funds for unmanned aerial vehicle acquisition and research, 15.8 per cent greater [...]

DRONE WARFARE: The Development of Unmanned Aerial Conflict Dave Sloggett, Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2014, 256 pages Dave Sloggett has penned an ambitious survey of the development and uses of [...]

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2013 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Europa-S signal intercept and geolocation system built by Maryland USA-based WGS Systems has now been integrated and flown in an Arcturus UAV T-20 Tier [...]

rom catapult launch to wing-snagging recovery, the Boeing Insitu RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) will downlink imagery and data to U.S. Marine Corps ground forces and Navy ships. [...]

Britain is to increase to ten the number of armed Royal Air Force (RAF) drones flying combat and surveillance missions in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Tuesday. Five [...]

With its regional focus shifting and different threats to face, the US military has new requirements of UAVs - reflected in the navy's UCLASS programme With its regional focus shifting [...]

Orbital has been contracted to supply heavy fuel engines for use in AAI unmanned aircraft systems' (AAI) Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS). AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems recently won significant [...]

Indigenously designed and developed Rustom-1 made 14th successful flight recently at Kolar with attainment of about 11,500 ft AGL (above ground level) and speed of above 140 kmph during 2 [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 03, 2012, 2012 Raytheon's Small Tactical Munition Phase II scored a direct hit on a target during the weapon's first guided flight test. [...]

New York (AirGuideBusiness - Aerospace & Defense News - Technology North America) Jan 15, 2012 AME Unmanned Air Systems Former Program Director for F-22 Program to Join Executive Team at [...]

New York (AirGuideBusiness - Aerospace & Defense News - Defense North America) Jan 15, 2012 AME Unmanned Air Systems Former Program Director for F-22 Program to Join Executive Team at [...]

Byline: Shane Harris Officials should start thinking about how to control the spread of unmanned aircraft. The global drones race is upon us. Today, more than 50 countries use unmanned [...]

Byline: Staff Writers Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2011, 2011 In recent years, unmanned aerial systems have been playing an increasingly important role in military operations worldwide. Many of the [...]

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) (TASE: ARSP.B1) will unveil its new tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for tactical missions. Called the 'Panther', the UAV will be unveiled tomorrow at the [...]

Several countries have expressed interest, but the United States and Israel have led the way in arming unmanned aircraft systems By Richard Whittle The decision by the United States a [...]

* Advances in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities over the past 14 years of war have revolutionized information gathering and aerial strike. But members of U.S. Special Operations Command's aviation [...]

U.S. military unmanned aircraft for the past decade have carried out reconnaissance and strike missions in 'friendly,' or permissive, skies. The drone age began as the nation fought in lands [...]

Congress has set a 2015 deadline for the Federal Aviation Administration to phase drones into civil airspace, but one of the technologies needed to safely operate unmanned aircraft won't be [...]

As the conflict in Afghanistan draws to a close, die Defense Department finds itself having to maintain unmanned aircraft fleets with less money and fewer resources. Experts and industry officials [...]