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Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Joint STARS, Global Hawk Interoperability
Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman recently completed a successful exchange of radar data during a flight test involving the U.S. Air Force's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attac...
Israel unveils new anti-missile systems, long-range UAV
Mar 04, 2013 (UPI)
Israel has completed testing on Elbit Systems' SkyShield that protects commercial aircraft against surface-to-air missiles, one of a trio of advanced military s...
Europe presses ahead on UAS development
Mar 04, 2013 (UPI)
Despite constrained economic conditions, the U.S. and global market for unmanned aerial systems is forecast to experience strong growth over the next 10 years. ...
Boeing Phantom Eye Completes Second Flight
Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing's liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system completed its second flight Feb. 25, demonstrating capabilities that will allow it to perf...
Better workstations for drone operators may reduce mishaps
Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)
The U.S. Department of Defense reports that drone accidents in which personnel or aircraft are damaged or destroyed occur 50 times more often than mishaps invol...
US military may take over part of CIA drone war
Feb 27, 2013 (AFP)
President Barack Obama's administration is looking at easing the secrecy around the drone war against Al-Qaeda by shifting control for some air strikes from the...
First Flight of nEUROn UAV Demonstrator Conducted
Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman, in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the attitude and heading reference system (AHRS) for the nEUROn Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehi...
Boeing, ADASI Sign Teaming Agreement for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing and Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company (ADASI), a Tawazun subsidiary, have signed a teaming agreement for the two companies to address the ...
Lockheed Martin's SMSS UAV Vehicle Operates Via Satellite Control
Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has completed a demonstration at Camp Grayling, Mich., recently in which its Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) was being controlled via satell...
Raytheon Integrates Miniature Air Launched Decoy With UAV Platform
Feb 19, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. are working together to develop a highly autonomous, unmanned electronic warfare capability based on equ...
Boeing Phantom Eye Completes Taxi Tests, Readies for Return to Flight
Feb 11, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing's liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned aircraft system has completed taxi testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California as it progresses toward...
US drones kill nine in Pakistan: officials
Feb 08, 2013 (AFP)
US drones fired two missiles into a compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt Friday, killing at least nine militants and wounding more than five others, ...
Iran TV airs video of captured US drone
Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)
Iranian state television has aired video footage that it says was extracted from a CIA drone it captured inside the Islamic republic's airspace in December 2011...
Elbit Systems Introduces its Hermes 900 UAS in a New Configuration Adapted for the Maritime Mission
Feb 06, 2013 (SPX)
Maritime surveillance requirements are demanding specific capabilities and performance such as mission endurance, flight profiles, mission equipment and human f...
Anglo-French accord covers development of drones
Feb 03, 2013 (UPI)
New defense cooperation between Britain and France includes agreements for development of aerial and maritime drones, France's Defense Ministry said Monday. A l...
Israel's defense industry boosts UAV sales, eyes unmanned subs
Feb 03, 2013 (UPI)
Elbit Systems says it is delivering its new Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicle to three foreign countries, as well as the Israeli military, underlining how the ...
US needs to keep up drone war against Qaeda: Panetta
Feb 02, 2013 (AFP)
The United States will have to keep up an open-ended drone war against Al-Qaeda militants in Pakistan and elsewhere to prevent another terror attack on America,...
Northrop Grumman's Next-Gen Fire Scout to Beef Up Avionics Protection
Feb 01, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) received the first protective cage for its next-generation MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter that will store and shie...
Elbit Systems and Windward Team to Introduce Advanced Maritime Surveillance Solution for India
Feb 01, 2013 (SPX)
Elbit Systems Ltd. has teamed with Windward Ltd. to offer integrated maritime solutions for the Indian authorities. The joint solution combines Windward's innov...
Elbit Systems to Develop Advanced UAS Features for Israel MoD
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
Elbit Systems has received an approximately $35 million contract from the Israel Ministry of Defense ("IMOD") for the development of advanced features for Unman...
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