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The US Navy has disclosed that a classified intelligence payload is now flying on the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout. Continue reading
US Navy Adds Classified Payload to MQ-8B Fire Scout
X-47B Cruise Flight Video
Northrop Grumman posted this video of the first “cruise” flight of the US Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration aircraft. Continue reading
US Naval Air Warfare Center Evaluates New Missions for AAI Shadow
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
New Mexico State University Psychology Professor Researches Guidelines for UAS Pilots
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 Moves Ahead with Stealth Combat UAS Demonstrator
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
Sandstorm in Montana
Photo : Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake
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
US Navy-Industry International Dialogue November 15
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
Chicago – Cook County Sheriff Considering Unmanned Aircraft
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