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AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems has announced that the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, UAS Test Directorate has established and demonstrated a dedicated Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System for test and evaluation purposes. Continue reading
A New Mexico State University psychology professor is studying unmanned aircraft and the pilots who operate them in order to create guidelines for the Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies. Continue reading
South Korea is moving rapidly into the demonstrator phase for a stealth combat unmanned aircraft that it does not expect to field until late in the next decade. Continue reading
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The Center for Remote Integration in Montana hosted a flight demonstration of the Sandstorm UAS on a remote airstrip south of Columbia Falls on Tuesday. This was the second flight demonstration of the aircraft, after that in Oklahoma in August. Continue reading
The Navy-Industry International Dialogue (NIID) provides a Navy-Industry-Attaché-Foreign Procurement Group forum to address issues involving security cooperation and sea service concepts and programmes that help drive future capabilities for international maritime partnerships. Continue reading
Cook County Sheriff Considering Drones: MyFoxCHICAGO.com
Chicago – Cook County Sheriff’s Office is considering using unmanned aircraft that they consider to be far less expensive and more effective than the helicopters that have been the county’s eyes-in-the-sky. Continue reading
The growing market for unmanned aircraft has created 150 job openings at Northrop Grumman’s San Diego area plants, where the company develops the Global Hawk, Fire Scout and the X-47B. Continue reading
According to statistics provided by the US Army, Navy and Air Force, remotely piloted aircraft have logged around 2.7 million flight hours during the current era of drone warfare. More than 87 percent of the time, these aircraft have been involved in combat. Continue reading