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National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Vice Chief: 'We Have to Speed Up How We Procure Things' The Army's antiquated ways of buying new equipment are depriving soldiers of the latest technology and making it more difficult for them to do their jobs, says Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli.
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Next Combat Vehicle: Cheaper and Simpler The Army lost a bruising battle to save its Future Combat Systems. Now the service is hoping that it can pick up the pieces and move on, although it's not yet clear how.
National Defense January 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Civilian Sector Could Lure Military Drone Pilots The Air Force has been suffering a shortage of unmanned aerial vehicle pilots and is looking to contractors operating government-owned systems as a way to address that problem.
National Defense June 2010 Austin Wright	Army Lays Out Ambitious Plans to Expand Unmanned Aircraft Fleet In coming decades, unmanned aerial vehicles will expand their role in warfare beyond intelligence gathering to become a vital component of attack, transport and resupply missions, said Army officials.
National Defense March 2010 Austin Wright	Army Weighs Future of Unmanned Helicopters The Army's recent cancellation of the Fire Scout remotely piloted helicopter has left some wondering whether there is a future for unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in the service.
National Defense August 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Next Combat Vehicle: New Beginning or FCS Sequel? The Army is racing toward a September deadline to present a convincing case to the secretary of defense that it should receive funds to begin designing a new combat vehicle next year.
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Comanche Review Shrouded in Secrecy The aircraft that once was labeled "the quarterback" of the Army's future force faces an uncertain fate.
National Defense February 2010 Stew Magnuson	Army to Air Force: We Won't Give Up Our Surveillance Aircraft A second turf war over control of unmanned aerial vehicles is underway after sharp criticism from a senior Air Force general who said the Army is not efficiently deploying its fleet of medium-sized remotely piloted aircraft.
National Defense March 2010 Austin Wright	If You Can't Afford a UAV, Rent One The U.S. military hires contractors to operate certain unmanned aerial vehicles in combat zones. Federal agencies might one day do the same here in the United States.
National Defense October 2011 Stew Magnuson	FAA Sets Date for Small Unmanned Planes in U.S. Airspace Mid-2013 is the latest estimate for when the Federal Aviation Administration will allow operators of small unmanned aerial vehicles to fly in national airspace without having to go through a lengthy bureaucratic certification process, according to an agency official.
National Defense March 2010 Stew Magnuson	Future Remotely Piloted Aircraft Will Do More Than Surveillance Military leaders are beginning think about concepts for the third-generation UAVs. In the future, they will want the drones to do a lot more than peer down on adversaries.
National Defense April 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Struggles With Weight Of Future Combat Systems Only weeks before a crucial Pentagon review, officials overseeing the Army's Future Combat Systems continue to search for ways to lower the weight of new vehicle designs. A key requirement in FCS is that all vehicles be transportable by C-130 cargo aircraft.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 John Keller	Unmanned Vehicles Leave Boot Camp to Join the Regular Forces Unmanned vehicles are becoming plentiful on-and over-the modern battlefield, yet these automated systems until recently have been seen largely as military curiosities, not standard equipment. That's all about to change.
National Defense July 2005 Robert H. Williams	Drone Developed for Small Infantry Units A vertical launch unmanned aerial vehicle that is designed to support infantry platoon and company operations recently twice negotiated a course of 10 waypoints in southern California. The ducted fan aircraft is being developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program.
National Defense January 2011 Grace V. Jean	Army's Ground Combat Vehicle Stirs Confusion In Industry The Army plans to spend more than $1 billion over the next several years on the design of a new "infantry fighting vehicle." With new big-ticket military programs becoming increasingly scarce, this would normally qualify as great news for contractors.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 John Keller	A Detailed Look at the Pentagon's $5.4 Billion Plan in 2010 to Develop and Deploy U.S. military forces plan to spend nearly $5.4 billion next year on unmanned vehicle (UV) technology for air, ground, and maritime applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Army Officials cut FCS Program from 18 Systems to 14 U.S. Army officials have restructured the Future Combat Systems program to modernize the current force, while also providing the future force with advanced technology.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John Keller	DOD to cut unmanned aerial vehicle procurement by one third over next decade The early years of the 21st century have seen explosive growth in U.S. Department of Defense purchases of unmanned aerial vehicles, but DOD is expected to cut UAV procurement by one-third over the next decade.
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Shifting Aviation Focus From Unmanned to Manned The role of Army helicopters in Iraq as combat workhorses has bolstered the notion that rotary-wing aircraft, for most missions, are unlikely to be replaced by unmanned vehicles.
National Defense July 2010 Austin Wright	Army's Unmanned Aviation Fleet Faces Technology Challenges To boost the capabilities of unmanned aircraft, the Army identified three key areas where improved technology is needed: interoperability, sense-and-avoid devices and sensors that measure equipment deterioration.
National Defense April 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	The Next Humvee: Army, Marines Weigh Options The Army and Marine Corps may decide as early as May 2007 to begin searching for a new vehicle that would replace the ubiquitous Humvee.
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Incompatible Technologies Weaken Utility of Aerial Spies The military services operate nearly 4,000 unmanned aircraft, most of which have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army alone is flying 1,200 drones in surveillance combat missions.
National Defense November 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Military Services Competing For Future Airlift Missions A multibillion-dollar program to equip the Army National Guard with new fixed-wing cargo aircraft fleet has rekindled a turf battle between the services that was supposed to have been settled more than half a century ago.
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 David Schneider	Drone Aircraft: How the Drones Got Their Stingers Unmanned aerial vehicles come of age
National Defense May 2010 Stew Magnuson	Army Seeks to Quiet Skeptics As it Tries New Acquisition Strategy One year after Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the Army's Future Combat Systems program, service leaders say they are moving forward with a new acquisition regime.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	A Never-Ending Feud Over Roles and Missions The Army vs. Air Force feud over unmanned aircraft has escalated in recent months.
Popular Mechanics December 17, 2008 Andrew Moseman	The Navy's Fighter-Plane-Size UAV, the X-47B, Is Unveiled in California Yesterday, Northrop Grumman unveiled its first completed X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System. This giant UAV could soon be one of the most lethal unmanned aircraft in the U.S. military.
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Industrial Depots Prepare for Surge The Army's maintenance depots may have to rapidly ramp up their capacity so they can fix up to 40,000 trucks and combat vehicles that could be returning from Iraq in the next several years.
National Defense November 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Should Unmanned Combat Aircraft Be Piloted Only by Fighter Pilots? As more unpiloted aircraft continue to populate the battlefield, a debate is brewing within the Defense Department as to whether these vehicles should be operated only by certified pilots.
National Defense July 2014 Valerie Insinna	Partnerships on Rise Between Drone Makers and Universities As commercial demand for unmanned aircraft grows, manufacturers and universities are increasingly joining forces on efforts to train pilots and develop new technologies.
National Defense May 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Comrades in Arms With Penchant for Bitter Rivalries Retired four-star general and West Point professor Barry McCaffrey marvels at the miracle of joint-service combat power.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2005 John Keller	The big defense cuts that didn't happen Many of the anticipated big cuts in the Pentagon's 2006 budget request have simply failed to materialize - yet. The U.S. Department of Defense budget request contains solid funding for electronics-rich programs such as the Air Force F/A-22 fighter-bomber, the Joint Strike Fighter, and the Army Future Combat System.
National Defense February 2013 Dan Parsons	More Drones Become Helicopter Sidekicks Troops can't seem to get enough of the aerial reconnaissance gathered by manned and unmanned aircraft, which has proven invaluable to them in recent conflicts.
National Defense July 2006	It Does Not Pay to Be `Too Relevant' Skyrocketing War Costs Are Putting Pressure on the Pentagon... Politicians Should Help the Troops... Military Must Learn to Live With Contractors... Navy Making Tough Calls in Aviation...
National Defense February 2012 Stew Magnuson	Safety Concerns Still Blocking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles From National Airspace The Pentagon, along with the Department of Homeland Security and NASA, has been negotiating with the Federal Aviation Administration for years to allow unmanned aerial vehicles to gain regular access to the national airspace.
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Army to Equip Helos With `Low Cost' Munitions The Army soon may begin arming its combat helicopters with an undersized missile that could surgically destroy targets in urban areas without killing or maiming friendly forces or innocent civilians.
National Defense December 2006 Erwin et al.	U.S. Troops Vulnerable to Enemy Drones U.S. forces deployed in the Middle East need improved defenses against unmanned drones, says the Army's top general in charge of air-defense systems.
National Defense March 2011 Grace V. Jean	Ground Combat Vehicle Program May Not Yield What Army Intends, Analysts Say As the Army pursues its latest effort to develop a new ground combat vehicle, analysts say that the high-stakes program may already be headed for technological disappointment.
National Defense February 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror.
National Defense January 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force's Relationship With Unmanned Aviation Hits Plateau Remotely-piloted aircraft are the darlings of 21st century warfare. Drone fleets are expanding across the U.S. military, the CIA and the armed forces of many foreign countries.
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force Revisiting Requirements for Pilot Training Senior U.S. Air Force officials are debating whether a planned drawdown of the service's aircraft fleet should be matched by cutbacks to the number of pilots that are recruited and trained.
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Unmanned Air Vehicles Proliferate in the Battlefield The U.S. Army is committing increasing resources to developing sharply enhanced surveillance, communications and weapons for unmanned aerial vehicles.
National Defense July 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Four-Star General in Charge of Homeland Defense Not Big On UAVs Unmanned aircraft may be proliferating in combat zones, but in U.S. homeland security missions, don't expect the same phenomenon.
National Defense October 2010 Eric Beidel	Uncertainty, Challenges Mark Future For Military's Unpiloted Aircraft The use of unmanned aerial systems in Iraq and Afghanistan has shown that they are invaluable in uncontested airspace. But questions remain about how the current generation of U.S. drones would fair in unfriendly skies.
National Defense May 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's iPhone Dreams Clash With Reality The Army launched a competition to see if techies can design soldier-friendly smartphone applications. The contest may be premature, however, as it could be years before the Army adopts smartphones as standard soldier equipment.
National Defense March 2011 Stew Magnuson	Domestic Unpiloted Aircraft May Use 'Tunneling' to Fly in National Airspace The concept called "tunneling," requires the setting up of safe corridors through airways and the pre-placement of sensors at points along the way.
National Defense July 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell	Army Meets Tough Procurement Challenge Head-On Shortages of armored vehicles, particularly, commanded considerable attention because they highlighted the challenges of predicting equipment requirements and ensuring the readiness of the industrial base. The response to the steep increase in demand for armored vehicles in fact has been a remarkable success story.
National Defense March 2009 Stew Magnuson	Skepticism, Inter-Service Rivalry Surrounds Joint Heavy Lift Aircraft Program Just when the Army and the Air Force appear to have settled disagreements over which service will control unmanned aerial vehicles and operate a new light cargo aircraft, along comes a new turf battle.
National Defense July 2012 Dan Parsons	Teaming Pilots With Drones Hampered By Technology The Army recently found that the most cost effective solution to replace its scout helicopters was a mix of traditional rotary wing platforms and unmanned aerial vehicles flying alongside to cover more ground in a single mission.
National Defense October 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Recruiting Software Developers for Drone 'App Store' The military's unmanned aircraft, like smartphones, need regular software upgrades. For the Defense Department, this is a costly proposition because drones are not disposable devices, and each technology refresh can cost millions of dollars.