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ATASS and SSBV announce new manned and unmanned aerial delivery systems
Jan 29, 2014 (SPX)
The SSBV Aerospace and Technology Group and ATASS Advanced Tactical Airborne Systems and Services announced the signing of a cooperation agreement related to th...
Someday A Drone Might Save Your Life
Jan 21, 2014 (SPX)
In the not too distant future, you may hear the hum of a drone's rotors as it descends upon you and be filled with a sense of relief, not panic. After all, it's...
Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Boasts Best Safety Record Designation
Jan 16, 2014 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has been designated as the platform with the best safety record in the U.S. Air Force in 2013. Detac...
Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System Surpasses 100,000 Combat Flight Hours
Jan 16, 2014 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman's Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed 100,000 combat flight hours in service. The M...
McCain fury over 'secret' Congress move on drones
Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)
A political row erupted Thursday after the Washington Post reported that US lawmakers secretly inserted language into a huge spending bill that blocks major cha...
Northrop Grumman, Navy Complete Nine Flights of Triton Unmanned Aircraft System
Jan 09, 2014 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have completed nine initial flight tests of the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS), marking the half-way point in a proces...
Global Hawk Aids in Philippine Relief Efforts
Jan 09, 2014 (SPX)
The inherent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Block 30 Unmanned Aerial System were used to sup...
Personal drones launch in your skies
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
It's not a bird, not a plane. But it could be someone's personal drone coming to the skies near you. Some of the flying objects being shown at this week's Consu...
UAS Test Site Selection Good News for NASA Langley, Wallops
Jan 06, 2014 (SPX)
The selection of six unmanned aircraft system (UAS) test sites by the Federal Aviation Administration may have an impact on NASA aeronautics research, especiall...
FAA announces locations for future drone testing sites
Dec 31, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
Drones are coming to America - the Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday the six states chosen to develop test sites for unmanned aerial vehicles....
US names drone testing sites
Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)
US aviation regulators on Monday released the names of sites picked to test civilian drones whose slated 2015 debut over American skies has sparked privacy conc...
Pakistan to raise drone issue at UN Human Rights Council
Dec 26, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistan on Thursday said it would raise the issue of US drone strikes inside its territory at the United Nations Human Rights Council. "We will go to the Unite...
Northrop Grumman, NASA Fly Global Hawk in Canadian Airspace for First Time to Study Canadian Arctic
Dec 25, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a team of international science organizations successfully flew a Northrop Grumman-produced NASA Gl...
US Air Force has secretly built a new stealth drone
Dec 15, 2013 (AFP)
The US Air Force has secretly developed a new stealth drone for long-range reconnaissance missions that could be operational by 2015, according to a report Frid...
Pentagon chief talks drones with Pakistan PM
Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Monday that US drone strikes were "counter-productive" as Washington pushed for supply ...
Northrop Grumman Begins On-Time Production of First NATO Global Hawk
Dec 08, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman Moss Point, Miss., Unmanned Systems Center started production of the first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Block 40 Global Hawk aircraf...
Northrop starts production of Global Hawk UAS for NATO
Dec 08, 2013 (UPI)
NATO's first Global Hawk unmanned surveillance vehicle is starting to take shape on a Northrop Grumman production line, the company reports. The NATO Alliance G...
U.S. responding to Gulf states push for UAV systems
Dec 06, 2013 (UPI)
Persian Gulf states are stepping up efforts to acquire unmanned aerial vehicles, which in turn is pushing the United States, its defense companies battered by d...
Pakistani MPs protest against US drone strikes
Dec 05, 2013 (AFP)
More than 100 national and provincial legislators staged a protest on Thursday in the Pakistani capital Islamabad against US drone strikes on suspected militant...
Thousands rally in Pakistan against US drone attacks
Dec 01, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of people rallied in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Sunday in protest at continued US drone strikes in the country's troubled northwest. Around 5,0...
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