The Senate Appropriations Committee does not support the Navy's request for two Large Unmanned Surface Vessels in fiscal year 2021, according to the panel's FY-21 defense spending bill released yesterday.
Unmanned Systems
November 11, 2020 |
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November 04, 2020 |
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The State Department has authorized a $600 million sale of four General Atomics-made MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial vehicles to Taiwan under a new government policy that loosens drone export restrictions.
November 02, 2020 |
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The Army's Fires Center of Excellence will be creating a counter unmanned aircraft system academy focused on training common systems at its headquarters at Ft. Sill, OK, according to service officials in the Joint C-UAS Office.
October 30, 2020 |
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The chief executive of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is feeling confident about the company's near-term drone sale prospects even though the Air Force recently more than tripled the competitive field for Skyborg, an emerging program for autonomous, unmanned vehicles.
October 30, 2020 |
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L3Harris Technologies and Martin UAV will conduct live demonstrations of their unmanned aerial systems later this year at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, as part of the Pentagon's effort to replace a current drone used by naval special forces for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
October 30, 2020 |
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The Navy is set to complete and release a concept of operations for the medium and large unmanned surface vehicles in "the next few months," a Navy spokesman told Inside Defense.
October 30, 2020 |
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L3 Harris Technologies and Martin UAV will conduct live demonstrations of their unmanned aerial systems later this year at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, as part of the Pentagon's effort to replace a current drone used by naval special forces for intelligence, surveillance reconnaissance.
October 28, 2020 |
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Ahead of a planned production gap with the U.S. Navy, Northrop Grumman yesterday announced it has begun building the first MQ-4 Triton marked for sale to the Royal Australian Air Force.
October 27, 2020 |
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As a result of the chief of naval operations tasking the service to develop an unmanned campaign plan, the Navy has created a "war room" to map out the capability gaps in its unmanned systems, according to a senior official.
October 20, 2020 |
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The Navy's acquisition executive today announced he will stand up a "tech bridge" in London, the first of its kind to be established overseas.
October 16, 2020 |
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The Army has received an approved set of operational requirements for its efforts countering small drones and is planning engagements with industry to address specific focus areas, the service leader in charge told reporters yesterday.
October 15, 2020 |
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The Air Force is looking to integrate the MQ-9 Reaper with a new open mission system computer called Stellar Relay that could strengthen the unmanned aircraft's utility for joint all-domain command and control as its traditional role monitoring and striking terrorism targets slows down.
October 13, 2020 |
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The Army, with Textron, has completed the live-fire test portion of the RQ-7 Shadow V2 Block III drone follow-on operational test and evaluation effort, according to company and service officials.
October 13, 2020 |
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The Navy needs to invest heavily in unmanned ships to improve its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions, according to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday.
October 07, 2020 |
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While Air Force leaders advocate a new force structure to confront emerging threats, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) says military planners haven't demonstrated they can meet current operational needs while executing their ambitious plans to retire and replace legacy aircraft.
October 01, 2020 |
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A Navy officer overseeing the service's newest unmanned surface vessels said Wednesday those vehicles will begin transits nearing a month in length this fiscal year.
October 01, 2020 |
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AeroVironment officials yesterday unveiled the company’s new next-generation loitering missile, including a new system with extended endurance and multipurpose, anti-armor munition capabilities.
September 30, 2020 |
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The Army today released its Small Unmanned Aircraft System Strategy, detailing how the service will align resources and make decisions to facilitate tactical overmatch using the aircraft through 2035.
September 30, 2020 |
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The Navy captain overseeing the MQ-4 Triton program said Tuesday he believes the unmanned maritime reconnaissance and patrol aircraft could eventually be used to detect the launch of hypersonic missiles.
September 29, 2020 |
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The Air Force has conducted the first flight test of the MQ-9A Reaper carrying eight live AGM-114 Hellfire missiles -- twice the number it can currently hold -- to show the remotely piloted aircraft's ability to perform "persistent attack" operations in future conflicts.