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The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part Fin One last update on the development of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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The Motley Fool February 11, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 2 The military is getting mighty serious about bulking up its robotic air force, and there's money to be made here in the future -- for the contractors, and for their shareholders.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Rich Smith	"Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" 2009 Edition This edition of "Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" takes a peek within the exciting world of flying model airplanes ... that kill.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Bets on Black (Ops) Boeing came late to the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) party, but you've got to give these guys credit -- now that they're here, they aim to make a splash.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Dawn of the unmanned era While the U.S. military has used remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) since the Vietnam War with mixed results, recent combat action in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq has proven the utility of military unmanned systems.
The Motley Fool October 2, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 4 A look at Raytheon, one of the players in the unmanned aerial vehicles sector.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Just how good can UAVs get?
The Motley Fool August 27, 2009 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying this Thing? Special Report Newsflash: Mainstream media discovers unmanned aerial vehicles or drone aircraft.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2010 Rich Smith	What's Next for Northrop? After a change in HQ, a change in stock ticker?
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing: Can't Join 'Em? Beat 'Em! Boeing may be top o' the heap in commercial airliners and military transports, and it may even do a decent job on helicopters. But when it comes to the next big thing in aeronautics -- unmanned aerial vehicles the company's looking like a bit of an also-ran.
The Motley Fool August 21, 2009 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Revenge Of The Robots Things are evolving fast in the unmanned aerial vehicle business, and they're starting to get just a wee bit dangerous too.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? The military shows its love for unmanned aerial vehicles by giving AeroVironment permission to begin building its Wasps as fast as humanly possible. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2009 Rich Smith	"Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" Part Seven. (Yes, really. We're already up to seven.)
The Motley Fool August 24, 2011 Rich Smith	Budget Deficit? What Budget Deficit? The Pentagon has plenty of money for new toys.
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.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2010 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? (The Helicopter Edition) As fast and furious as unmanned, horizontal-flying aircraft have evolved, the big defense story in recent months has been the advances going on in robotic helicopters.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 John McHale	UAV Market Shows Strong Growth Through Next Decade The market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) appears to be growing steadily over the next ten years because of the successful deployment of these pilotless aircraft in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, market analysts say.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? It seems everywhere you look these days, people are talking about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 Rich Smith	Lockheed Defenseless? Boeing Busted? Maybe, but there are also winners aplenty in the Pentagon's new budget.
The Motley Fool July 15, 2009 Rich Smith	"Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" Part VIII Where UAVs trump global thermonuclear war and which companies are putting their efforts into the UAV arena.
National Defense May 2013 Dan Parsons	Worldwide, Drones Are in High Demand The U.S. military may be the most high-profile owner and operator of unmanned aircraft, but it is far from the only customer of the controversial vehicles.
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.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Dan Radovsky	Drones: More Than a Buzzword for Boeing Boeing's gamble in unmanned aircraft may pay off ... one day.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing Pushes the Envelope on UAVs If the FAA wants 'em, Boeing's got 'em.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2009 Rich Smith	Pentagon Unveils Crystal Ball Defense Secretary Gates says that the military needs to start preparing for "the wars we are most likely to fight -- not just the wars we're best suited to fight." Which companies stand to benefit from this?
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 Valerie Insinna	Navy's New Drones Taking Center Stage The Navy finally is developing its own custom unmanned air systems, with the service planning on fielding four new aircraft in the next few years.
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 David Schneider	Drone Aircraft: How the Drones Got Their Stingers Unmanned aerial vehicles come of age
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.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman: More than Just UAVs Northrop Grumman just landed a $432 million contract to build two new E-2D "Advanced Hawkeye" command and control aircraft for the Navy. And this is just the beginning.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 J.R. Wilson	Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Get Ready for Prime Time Government leaders are supportive of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) use in non-military applications such as border control, emergency response, law enforcement, and forest fire surveillance.
National Defense November 2010 Stew Magnuson	For Coast Guard, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Remain A Distant Goal The Coast Guard, the service responsible for protecting the homeland from sea-based terrorist attacks as well as conducting search-and-rescue missions, as of yet does not have a dedicated UAV that it can fly off its ships.
National Defense July 2009 Stew Magnuson	Aerial Drone Sensor Data Now Linked to Apache Helicopters A new communications link installed on Apache helicopters streams full-motion video into cockpits, which is giving pilots a more complete picture of what's happening in the complex urban landscapes where they fight
The Motley Fool May 20, 2011 Rich Smith	U.S. Navy Gets a New $2.6 Billion Toy The U.S. Navy has fallen so in love with the Fire Scout remotely piloted helicopter drone that it ordered 168 of them, and offered to pay $2.6 billion.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 John McHale	Sensitive and Tireless: High-Endurance UAVs Sense What Men Cannot Sensors for unmanned aircraft are evolving in efficiency and capability as payload designers look for every possible edge in surveillance, combat, and collision avoidance.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 3 It's time to catch up with the latest developments regarding unmanned aerial vehicles.
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron	Joint-Service Focus Shapes UAV Roadmap The Pentagon is working on a new roadmap for unmanned aerial vehicles to accommodate the rapid growth in UAV programs seen in the past several years.
National Defense October 2009 Stew Magnuson	Coast Guard Favors Fire Scout as New Pilotless Aircraft The Coast Guard intends to follow the lead of the Navy when it comes to fielding its long-delayed vertical take off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles.
Popular Mechanics March 2010 Joe Pappalardo	The Future For UAVs in the U.S. Air Force The next-generation aircraft envisioned by the Air Force, and modeled in the illustration opposite, would be able to dodge enemy radar, swap payloads for multiple kinds of missions and use sophisticated onboard sensors to prevent collisions with other UAVs and manned airplanes.
National Defense April 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Army on a Fast Track to Build its Own High-Tech Air Force The Army soon will begin deploying larger quantities of remotely piloted high-tech surveillance aircraft.
Popular Mechanics December 7, 2009 Joe Pappalardo	Air Force Acknowledges Secret Stealth UAV A French blog published a photo of the craft, nicknamed the Beast of Kandahar by the secret-aircraft-following community.
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 October 2012 Stew Magnuson	Unmanned Aircraft Makers Look Overseas for New Markets Unmanned aerial vehicles have unquestionably been one of the biggest success stories for the U.S. military on battlefields over the past decade. Can U.S. manufacturers can capitalize on the game-changing technology and expand their customer base internationally?
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 J.R. Wilson	UAVs Poised to Take the Next Step Into Combat The future of continued U.S. air superiority will involve a large contingent of armed UAVs and a new generation of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), flying missions that manned attack aircraft previously flew, often in joint missions under the control of fighter-bomber pilots.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John McHale	Market Analysts See Strong Growth for UAV Market The global unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) market continues to grow at a substantial pace, mostly driven by the U.S. military, say market analysts in the U.S. and United Kingdom.
National Defense February 2011 Scott Hamilton	Here's a Thought: The Pentagon Wants 'Thinking' Drones UAVs have gained favor as ways to reduce risk to combat troops, the cost of hardware and the reaction time in a surgical strike.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 J.R. Wilson	Hunter-Killer UAVs to swarm battlefields Hunter-Killer: by most definitions, the term designates an entirely new class of UAV, not a weaponized sensor platform, such as the MQ-1 Predator, but an aircraft designed from the beginning to seek out and strike targets.
National Defense January 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force to Army: There Are Better Ways to Deploy Surveillance Aircraft Dozens of robotic and piloted aircraft have been deployed to the war zones, but little information is garnered because they are employed inefficiently.
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.