UAS VISION
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The US Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River is buying one new tactical unmanned aircraft system (UAS), intended as an organic and dedicated multi-intelligence UAS for U.S. Marine Corps and Navy tactical commanders, in preparation for ramping-up production of the front-line tactical unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah is said to operate a fleet of 200 unmanned aircraft systems. Lebanese sources said the Shi’ite force was operating UAS throughout Lebanon. Continue reading
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have already superseded patrol and reconnaissance aircraft and are rendering gunships obsolete. But until they engage enemies in the air, it’s premature to speak about the end of manned platforms, according to a former Israel Air Force commander. Continue reading
The Air Force Sustainment Center and General Atomics have reached an enterprise-level, public-private partnership agreement which allows the two organizations to partner in the maintenance of unmanned aircraft systems, including the Predator/Reaper and the Army’s version of the aircraft, the Gray Eagle.
The US Navy and Marine Corps are tapping industry for an all-environment small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) that weighs less than 13.6kg (30lb) but can fly for 8 hours carrying both day and night video cameras. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy after completing final assembly at the company’s unmanned systems center in Moss Point, Miss. Continue reading
US Air Force history was made with an unmanned aircraft earlier in September when an RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk took off from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and flew into war for the first time on Sept. 19, 2013. Continue reading
The paratroopers of the 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division launched an unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, on Forward Operating Base Sparta for the first time since 2008 on Friday, Nov. 15. Continue reading