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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.
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National Defense July 2011 Eric Beidel	Military Investigates Killer Drones That Can Fit in Rucksacks Troops are demanding smaller unmanned aerial vehicles on the front lines, sparking efforts to develop lighter weapons for the aircraft. Now there are plans to make weapons out of the drones themselves.
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Popular Mechanics February 3, 2009 Erik Sofge	Killer Lasers Work, but Are They the Best Defense Against UAVs? Last week, Boeing announced that its Laser Avenger system had shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a one-kilowatt laser. Are energy weapons becoming preferable to an old-fashioned bullet or bomb?
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 January 2016 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Defense Industry Developing Systems to Defeat Enemy Drones Experts and company executives envision a future where new technology employed by the military or government agencies could spot rogue or hostile drones, identify them and even commandeer or stop them mid-air.
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.
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National Defense January 2016 Allyson Versprille	Affordable Surveillance a Priority for Special Operations U.S. Special Operations Command is looking to add more affordable surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance systems to its inventory, the head of acquisition and procurement said.
National Defense May 2015 Valerie Insinna	Drone Makers Hope to Corner Burgeoning Global Market Experts predict manufacturers will encounter an increasingly crowded playing field over the next decade, as more companies begin producing ever more advanced systems.
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.
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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.
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.
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National Defense February 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Proliferation of Cruise Missiles Sparks Concern About U.S. Air Defenses The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan saw the rise of improvised explosive devices as the ultimate asymmetric weapon. Future conflicts, strategists warn, could expose U.S. forces on land and at sea to a deadly weapon that is extremely hard to detect: cruise missiles.
National Defense July 2015 Jon Harper	Surveillance Technology a Priority For Special Operations Forces Members of U.S. Special Operations Command's aviation component face difficult technological challenges as they seek to improve their ability to find, track and destroy the enemy.
National Defense March 2011 Eric Beidel	Eyes of Army Drones Multiply, Open Wide Even though unmanned aircraft have generally been spared from the conversation about the Pentagon's spending cuts, Army officials want to increase ISR capabilities without adding personnel or aircraft.
National Defense June 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons.
National Defense May 2011 Grace V. Jean	Marine Special Operators Rely Heavily on Hand-Launched Drones The newest component of U.S. Special Operations Command has quickly embraced drone technology, particularly the small hand-launched aircraft that weigh less than 20 pounds and fly at speeds under 100 knots.
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.
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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 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.
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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 October 2010 Grace V. Jean	Army Receives FAA Approval to Fly Unmanned Aircraft in National Airspace The Federal Aviation Administration has granted the Army permission to fly unmanned aircraft in national airspace at night using ground-based radar and GPS systems to avoid civilian and commercial traffic.
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National Defense August 2015 Allyson Versprille	Marine Corps Developing Low Cost Robot Swarms to Counter Enemy Drones As the technology for unmanned systems proliferates, one of the biggest challenges facing the military today is countering small, inexpensive drones used by the enemy in unexpected ways, said a Marine Corps official.
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 November 2013 Chuck Nash	U.S. Military Needs Better Defenses From Aerial Attacks The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor, is a tethered, unmanned aerostat. JLENS could significantly reduce demand for conventional manned platforms and lower the overall cost of the current business model.
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 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.
National Defense May 2014 Valerie Insinna	Military, Industry Racing to Create Sense-and-Avoid Systems Congress has set a 2015 deadline for the Federal Aviation Administration to phase drones into civil airspace, but one of the technologies needed to safely operate unmanned aircraft won't be ready until at least a year later.
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 September 2012 Eric Beidel	Carrier Debate Rages in Face Of New Threats The super carrier has been a symbol of U.S. power around the globe for decades, but increasing costs and other factors have critics questioning the need for so many of the giant warships.
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.
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National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings.
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.