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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 July 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Countries Big and Small Set Out to Make Their Own Pilotless Aircraft The U.S. military's success using the technology in recent years is driving more countries to either obtain or build their own aerial drones. |
National Defense August 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
More Sophisticated, Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft on the Horizon In the future, unmanned aerial systems will hold even more utility as they become faster, stealthier and more autonomous, experts said. At the same time, they will become more accessible to foreign countries and terrorist groups around the world. |
National Defense November 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Plan for European Manufactured Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Uncertain Europe is edging closer to the development of its own indigenous medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle that could threaten U.S. and Israeli manufacturers' business, experts said. |
National Defense November 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Small Spy Drones to Expand Troops' Eyes And Ears on Battlefield Despite sliding defense budgets, the collection of this critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data will continue to be a priority for the armed services, experts told National Defense. |
National Defense May 2014 Dan Parsons |
Export Controls Threaten U.S. Edge in Foreign UAV Markets An Obama administration effort to relax strictures on selling less-sensitive military hardware to foreign countries virtually ignored the red tape unmanned aircraft manufacturers must navigate when marketing their products overseas. |
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? |
National Defense September 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Small UAV Demand By U.S. Army Ebbs as Overseas Market Surging The U.S. Army is the biggest buyer of small unmanned systems in the world, but as the United States largely leaves the Middle East, the market will take a nose dive, said Phil Finnegan, director of corporate analysis at The Teal Group |
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 October 2007 Breanne Wagner |
Civilian Market for Unmanned Aircraft Struggles to Take Flight As the demand for unmanned aerial vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan continues to increase, government agencies and contractors are clamoring to use aerial drones for domestic missions in U.S. national airspace. |
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. |
National Defense November 2012 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Become Lighter, Faster In the future, the military can expect to have unmanned aerial vehicles that are faster, stealthier and lighter, with longer endurance and can hold heavier payloads. |
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 December 2013 Dan Parsons |
Debate Continues Over Role of Simulators in UAS Pilot Training There still is no agreed upon method of training new UAS pilots -- and keeping seasoned operators proficient -- for future conflicts where U.S. drones will be flying in contested airspace. |
National Defense May 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Regulatory, Technological Hurdles Stand In Way of Domestic Drone Mandate If Congress gets its way, by Sept. 30, 2015, unmanned aerial vehicles will be seamlessly flying in national airspace alongside passenger jets, military aircraft and single-prop general aviation Pipers. |
National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Fuel Demand for Satellite Bandwidth The communications-hungry drones consume large amounts of bandwidth to pipe battlefield video feeds and other sensor data back to intelligence centers and to forces on the ground. |
National Defense October 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Surveillance Needs Fuel Demand for Unmanned Vehicles Currently, there are nearly 1,000 robotic vehicles being used for surveillance and reconnaissance, especially in maritime areas in the Central Command theater of operations, and combatant commanders keep asking for more. |
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 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 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 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. |
National Defense June 2014 Sandra I. Erwin |
Shine Starting to Wear Off Unmanned Aircraft Unmanned aviation has enjoyed a decade-long honeymoon, during which the military poured billions of dollars into new drone fleets and the media ballyhooed their deadly precision in combat. |
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 July 2011 Eric Beidel |
Efforts Under Way to Harden Unpiloted Aircraft for Contested Airspace Military leaders are beginning to wonder how Predators, Reapers, Hunters, Shadows and the rest will perform in unfriendly skies. |
National Defense February 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Marine Corps Set to Deploy Next-Generation Unmanned Aircraft The Marine Corps and Navy will launch their newest unmanned aerial system, the RQ-21A Blackjack, from a ship this spring for the first time, and are looking into developing pocket-sized reconnaissance drones. |
National Defense August 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Budget Woes End DHS Plans to Expand Drone Fleet The Department of Homeland Security had plans as late as last year to increase its fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles to two dozen aircraft by 2016, but tight federal budgets has capped their numbers at 10. |
National Defense March 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Military Taking Larger Role in Drone Sustainment As the conflict in Afghanistan draws to a close, the Defense Department finds itself having to maintain unmanned aircraft fleets with less money and fewer resources. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2011 David Schneider |
Drone Aircraft: How the Drones Got Their Stingers Unmanned aerial vehicles come of age |
National Defense July 2012 Eric Beidel |
Controversies Do Little to Temper U.S. Employment of Armed Aerial Drones With the war in Iraq over and the one in Afghanistan winding down, the fight against terrorists will become more decentralized, leaving experts to ponder where the United States will next employ its armed drones. |
National Defense November 2011 Beidel et al. |
10 Technologies the U.S. Military Will Need For the Next War Examples are faster and quieter helicopters, advanced crowd-control weapons, lighter infantry equipment that doesn't overburden troops, ultra-light trucks and better battlefield communications. |
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 September 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Inside Black Dart: How the Military Prepares for a Future Drone War The two-week long exercise, known as "Black Dart," drew about 700 military personnel and members of industry to test new anti-unmanned aerial vehicle technology. |
National Defense April 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Threats To Aircraft Carriers Bolster Case for Unmanned Combat Jets The dominance of U.S. aircraft carriers, however, could be one day challenged if future enemies arm themselves with accurate, long-range missiles. |
National Defense May 2014 Valerie Insinna |
Confusion Surrounds Navy's Carrier-Based Drone The Navy in 2010 first released a request for information for the unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, or UCLASS, but officials took years debating whether it wanted a revolutionary technology or something less risky. |
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 December 2011 John Edwards |
Remote Controllers -- Unmanned Vehicle Operators Require Diversity of Skills In today's era of tighter budgets and ever more sophisticated flight control technologies, the military is increasingly relying on remotely piloted, unmanned vehicle systems for a wide range of tasks, including intelligence gathering, remote surveillance and target applications. |
National Defense April 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Gulf Nation Poised to Lead Region In Production of Unmanned Aircraft United Arab Emirates seeks to improve on its surveillance program to increase homeland security. |
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron |
China Is Pursuing Unmanned Tactical Aircraft China has been quietly at work pursuing unmanned aircraft technologies both domestically and from foreign partners. It also is marketing its drones to friendly nations in Asia and Africa, according to a Chinese industry official. |
National Defense May 2008 Breanne Wagner |
Worries About Mid-Air Collisions Keep Civilian Drones Grounded The agency that controls the domestic airspace, the Federal Aviation Administration, said unmanned aircraft are not yet ready to conduct realistic missions. |
National Defense November 2013 Valerie Insinna |
International Sales Unlikely To Offset U.S. Budget Cuts With little hope of growth in the Pentagon's budget, U.S. defense contractors are seeking to broaden their international customer base and increase worldwide sales. |
National Defense February 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Budget Cuts Force Army Unmanned Aviation to Make Do With What It Has As defense budgets decline, the Army intends to stand pat with four basic unmanned aerial vehicle models, officials said at a recent conference. |
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 July 2012 Antoine Martin |
Promising Outlook for Navy's Unmanned Aviation The U.S. Navy has ambitious plans to deploy new families of unmanned aircraft over the next decade. |
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 August 2006 David Axe |
Clouds on the horizon for pilot-less bombers After years of steady growth in funding, development and operational use, unmanned aerial vehicles have begun to rival -- and, in some cases, exceed -- the capability of manned 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 June 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Industry, Entrepreneurs Await FAA Small Drone Ruling Rules and guidance from the FAA are required before commercial companies can fly unmanned aircraft legally. The agency is scheduled to announce a notice of proposed rulemaking for small unmanned aerial systems later this year. |
National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson |
L-3 Link, University Establish Training Center for Domestic Drone Pilots L-3 Link Simulation & Training and the University of North Dakota in June are opening an unmanned aerial systems training center at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. |
National Defense February 2015 Sarah Sicard |
UAS Degree Programs Growing with Market By 2025, there could be more than 100,000 jobs in the unmanned aerial systems industry, according to a 2013 economic impact report performed by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. |