Empowering UAVs + ISTAR Is Plextek
Plextek will be showcasing its expertise in situational awareness for ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance) at the DSEi 2009 exhibition.
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U.S.A.F. Senses A UAS Need
Air Force officials recently gave Randolph Air Force Base instructors the green light to begin training the next generation of enlisted sensor operators to support unmanned aircraft systems.
Read MoreCurrent + Future Warfare UAV Ops Tested By Detachment 5
Members of Detachment 5 of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center at Edwards Air Force Base In California test the MQ-1 Predator and three versions of the RQ-4 Global Hawk under realistic combat conditions to inform decision makers on the capabilities of the aircraft.
Read MoreFire Scout Feeds Real-Time Video During VTUAV Demo
A Northrop Grumman Corporation-developed (NYSE:NOC) 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.
Read MoreSaint or Satan? Alien vs Real-Life Predator
Several Taliban training camps in the Pakistan hinterland were hit last week by missiles fired from American unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or drones, reportedly killing some 20 terrorists. Remarkably, some people think these strikes are a bad idea.
Read MoreBetter UAV Surveillance Through Z Microsystems Display Tech
Z Microsystems has made available their Ground Control Station (GCS) display panel with real-time enhanced video (RTEV).
Read MoreHawkish Global Hawk — Unblinking Eye
Reports gathered by ASD-Network indicate the combat-proven RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), continues to prove its mettle by exceeding more than 31,000 cumulative flight hours for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.
Read MoreNow Contending For STUAS Tier II Is AAI’s Mark 4.7
AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has offered the newest in its successful Aerosonde fleet of small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS), the Mark 4.7, as a contender for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ joint Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS)/Tier II program.
Read MoreGeneral Atomics SAR/GMTI Radar WIns The Day With Sky Warrior UAV Tests
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) announced that its Lynx Block 30 Synthetic Aperture Radar/Ground Moving Target Indicator (SAR/GMTI) radar has completed two successful test flights on a Sky Warrior Block 1 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in support of the planned Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) deployment of the first four Sky Warrior aircraft under the U.S. Army Extended Range/Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) UAV Program.
Read MoreGrand Global Hawk Block 40 Coming Out Party
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Air Force have unveiled the nexgen of high-flying unmanned aircraft — the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk — in a ceremony today at Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, California, manufacturing facility.
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