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New Hydra project to see underwater drones deploying drones

Sep 10, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

The sky is no longer the limit for US drone warfare, with secret military research agency DARPA considering a conquest of the seven seas with an underwater dron...

Sharp rise in British drone use in Afghanistan

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

The British military fired nearly seven times as many missiles from unmanned drones in Afghanistan last year as it did five years earlier, according to official...

Tiniest autopilot unit created for small micro aerial vehicles

Aug 26, 2013 (UPI)

Dutch researchers say they've built a miniaturized autopilot to allow drones to fly longer, fit into narrower spaces or carry more payloads such as cameras. Sci...

Promise of jobs triggers scramble for civilian drones

Aug 26, 2013 (UPI)

The promise of tens of thousands of jobs has U.S. states jockeying to become hosts for testing before drones are introduced alongside civil aviation in U.S. air...

Yemen asked US for drones: president

Aug 23, 2013 (AFP)

Yemen has asked Washington to provide it with drones, and strikes conducted by unmaned US planes in the impoverished nation are part of anti-terrorism cooperati...

Puma AE Small Unmanned Aircraft Achieves Continuous Flight for More Than Nine Hours

Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)

AeroVironment has announced that a recent outdoor test flight of a solar-powered prototype version of the company's proven Puma AE small unmanned aircraft syste...

US Air Force lacks volunteers to operate drones

Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)

The US Air Force is unable to keep up with a growing demand for pilots capable of operating drones, partly due to a shortage of volunteers, according to a new s...

MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Passes 5,000 Flight Hours In Afghanistan

Aug 14, 2013 (SPX)

The Northrop Grumman-built MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed 5,000 flight hours while providing critical surveillance capabilities to field command...

CAE training services, products contracted by U.S., Australia

Aug 12, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. Air Force pilots and sensor operators of unmanned aerial vehicles are to receive training from simulation company CAE. The USAF contract to CAE USA, a subs...

Navy Turns to UAVs for Help with Radar, Communications

Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists recently launched unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from a research vessel in a significant experiment that could help boost the Navy's radar and commu...

Kerry hopes drone strikes in Pakistan will end 'very soon'

Aug 01, 2013 (AFP)

US Secretary of State John Kerry suggested Thursday that US drone strikes targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives in Pakistan could end "very soon" as the thr...

EU's response to NSA? Drones, spy satellites could fly over Europe

Jul 31, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

The European Union is pondering an EU Commission proposal to acquire a fleet of surveillance drones, satellites, and planes as part of an "ambitious action" to ...

Enhancing Australian Students' Knowledge of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Jul 31, 2013 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman is sponsoring a team of high school students from Dickson College who are competing in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Outback Challenge 2013...

More proof of drone danger

Jul 31, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

A new study has found that the use of drones in Afghanistan resulted in 10 times more civilian deaths than manned aircraft. The research by Larry Lewis from the...

Time to train for world's first fleet of marine drones

Jul 27, 2013 (AFP)

An odd underwater ballet has been unfolding in the Mediterranean port of Toulon these past few days. Under the scrutiny of their masters, whose eyes are glued t...

Outside View: Moving to eyes in the sky

Jul 26, 2013 (UPI)

Well into the second decade of the 21st century, the international community is seeing a drastic shift from putting boots on the ground to solve problems and is...

Japan eyeing Marines, drones in defence paper: reports

Jul 25, 2013 (AFP)

Japan should acquire amphibious units like the US Marines and surveillance drones, newspapers on Thursday reported a government paper will say this week, as a t...

K-MAX unmanned cargo helo finishes Afghan deployment

Jul 25, 2013 (UPI)

K-MAX, the unmanned cargo aircraft of Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace, has returned to the United States following extended deployment to Afghanistan. The u...

Integrator increasing payload, endurance

Jul 23, 2013 (UPI)

Insitu's new Integrator unmanned aerial vehicle has achieved 24-hour flight endurance in testing with various weight payloads, the company announced. "Today's [...

First Upgraded MQ-8C Fire Scout Delivered to U.S. Navy

Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)

The U.S. Navy got its first look at the upgraded MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned system when Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered its first MQ-8C system this month. ...