Global Hawk Operations in the Spotlight at AUVSI North America 2011
This week’s Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) North America 2011 (August 16 – 19, Washington D.C. Convention Center) …
Unmanned Systems
U.S. Army Looks for “Counter UAS Interceptor”
U.S. Army representatives are conducting a market survey for interceptor concepts capable of defeating hostile unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
The …
RoboSub 2011: Amorous Autonomy Results in Robotic Romance
Why “Valentine’s Day” in July for a robotics competition? The theme and challenge for the 14th International RoboSub Competition, sponsored …
Book Review – Predator: The Remote-Control Air War Over Iraq and Afghanistan: A Pilot’s Story
At the start of Predator: The Remote-Control Air War over Iraq and Afghanistan: A Pilot’s Story, U.S. Air Force Lt. …
“Project Workhorse” Sends Autonomous Robotic Vehicles into Theater
Lockheed Martin has recently finalized a contract with the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force to deploy four of its prototype …
Industry Studies UCLASS Carrier Operations
The U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded contracts to four industry teams to conceptually demonstrate that an …
TechWatch: Robonaut and the “Soldierbots” of the Future
The last flight of the space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station in February 2011 marked the dawn of …
Sensors at Sea
Surely the most spectacular recent advance in naval sensing has been the rise of unmanned vehicles – air, surface, and …
U.K. ISR Upgrades Highlighted at Empire Challenge ‘11
This month’s Empire Challenge ‘11, being held at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and connected to other participating sites around the world, …
Resourcing the AirSea Battle Concept
China’s rapidly improving military capability and its increasingly aggressive effort to keep U.S. military forces out of striking range are …