A-160T Hummingbird UAS
Mansik Johng, A160 Advanced Design Manager for the Boeing Company describes the A-160T Hummingbird UAS.…
Unmanned Systems
Unmanned, Over Water, On Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has yet to buy its first unmanned aircraft system (UAS), but a working partnership with …
RQ-7 Shadow Leads the U.S. Army’s UAV Fleet to 1 Million Combat Hours
U.S. Army representatives have announced that the service’s unmanned aircraft fleet surpassed the milestone of “one million combat flight hours” …
Devil Droids
“Never get between a Marine and his robot,” a Marine commander in Iraq reportedly said when informed his unit’s remote-controlled …
Navigation Warfare
The scene is a politically unstable, strategically important country where terrorists are hiding in a large cave system. In addition …
Army Gray Eagle Quick Reaction Capability Package Deploys to Afghanistan
With the recent theater deployment of a second “quick reaction capability” (QRC) package for its “Gray Eagle” unmanned aerial system, …
UAVs Drive SATCOM Modernization
The growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), like Predator and Global Hawk aircraft, is making military communications satellite bandwidth …
Interview With Dyke Weatherington, Deputy Director, Unmanned Warfare OUSD AT&L
Dyke Weatherington is the deputy director, Unmanned Warfare, Portfolio Systems Acquisition in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense …
Boeing, L-3 Acquisitions Reflect Industry Trends
In transactions underscoring the continued consolidation of federal contractors as Pentagon budget cuts loom, defense giants Boeing and L-3 Communications …
General Atomics Sea Avenger
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced May 3 at the Navy League’s Sea Air Space Exposition that it is …