For more than a decade, the RQ-1 Predator was the primary remotely piloted aircraft used for offensive operations by the…
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Expert Commentary: Watch This Airspace
I’ve been hearing a lot of doom and gloom among the drone expert Twitterati over stalled rulemaking in the Federal…
Lockheed Martin’s latest VCSi software enables operators to control dozens of unmanned vehicles at once
Lockheed Martin’s new VCSi vehicle control software makes it possible for operators to control dozens of unmanned vehicles at once….
Dead Chickens, Drones and You
We all owe the Air Force thanks for many things—like inventing GPS, breaking the sound barrier and winning wars for…
Autonomy Warfare
This new type of warfare is producing new types of superpowers. Just having nuclear weapons doesn’t get you into the new superpower club.
Expert Commentary: Lessons from the Drone Wars – BLOS is Boss
We need to fly drones beyond line of sight (BLOS) of their remote aircrew. Why? Because, as the Air Force found out, you can’t do much with a drone you must see to fly.
DJI Releases New Security Measures After U.S. Army’s Proposed Ban
DJI Technology has been working on enhanced data security measures for some time now, but admits that news that the U.S. Army ordered its members to stop using DJI drones earlier this month.
U.S. Army Reexamining Decision to Restrict Use of DJI Drones
The U.S. Army is reexamining its decision to stop using DJI drones, components and software after the leak of an internal memo from the Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff captured international attention.
L3 Mustang Technology Passes U.S. Navy’s CDR for Guided Projectile Program
L3 Mustang Technology announced this week the completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) phase for the U.S. Navy’s MK…
Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Unveils Drone Detection and Neutralization System
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can accomplish plenty of great things. But just the same, the technology can and has been…
Expert Commentary: The Dark Side of Detect and Avoid
Hacking U.S. drones to spy on U.S. infrastructure.
By Major General (Ret) James Poss
Lockheed Martin’s Autonomous Systems Unit Testing Air-Ground Vehicles
Lockheed Martin Corp. is developing autonomous vehicles and drones from a growing facility in Colorado. The company’s Autonomous Systems unit,…
Expert Commentary: It’s the Data Link, Stupid
If the Air Force had let me order custom t-shirts for everyone back when I was helping manage our unmanned…
Market for Military Drones will Surge
An updated study forecasts significant growth in global trade in military drones, predicting that what was a $4.4 billion market in 2015 will balloon to $8.6 billion by 2022.
Military Witnesses: Addressing Trust, Ethical Issues Key to UAS Integration
While technological challenges are slowing the integration of autonomous systems by the Pentagon the number one hurdle remains acceptance by war fighters, defense officials said last week.
University of Pennsylvania GRASP Laboratory receives grant from DARPA
The University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Laboratory recently received a three year, $5.5 million grant from DARPA. Researchers will use the…
Pentagon prepares to test its underwater sub-hunting drone
An artist’s concept of DARPA’s ACTUV. While unmanned systems have come to dominate the skies (and headlines), the next big…
