All articles by Dave Majumdar – Page 3
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Boeing to demonstrate advanced multi-aircraft data fusion in 2014
Boeing, in co-operation with the US Navy, is hoping to demonstrate seamlessly fusing data from multiple, different aircraft using multiple, different sensors...
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France concludes deal for 16 Reapers
France has concluded a deal with the Pentagon to purchase 16 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft and eight ground control...
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Production AT-6 aircraft makes first flight
The first production Beechcraft AT-6 light attack aircraft made a ceremonial first flight on 20 August in Wichita, Kansas. The single-engined 1,600shp...
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Beechcraft offers G58 for ISR missions
Beechcraft is offering a new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance variant of the G58 Baron twin-engined piston aircraft ...
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US Air Force B-1B crashes in Montana
A US Air Force Rockwell International B-1B Lancer bomber assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, crashed near Broadus, Montana on...
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USMC F-35B test pilot makes first shipboard night landing
A US Marine Corps test pilot has performed the first vertical night landing at sea on board the USS Wasp with a Lockheed Martin F-35B Joint Strike...
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US Navy awards UCLASS preliminary design contracts
Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems have each received a $15 million fixed-price contract for a preliminary...
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AUVSI: US Navy pauses development of MQ-4C Triton 'sense and avoid' radar
The US Navy has paused the development of the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton's "sense and avoid" radar system that would enable it to avoid other aircraft traffic.
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AUVSI: USN to designate UCLASS before end of fiscal year
The US Navy revealed at the show yesterday it expects to announce a name and designation for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft before the end of the fiscal year, in a move that appears aimed at putting the program onto a more secure footing.
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AUVSI: Textron shows off Battlehawk
Textron Systems is introducing its tube-launched Battlehawk unmanned aircraft at AUVSI 2013.
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AUVSI: Northrop close to completing Firescout weapon tests
The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Firescout has completed 11 of 12 launches of the BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System.
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AUVSI: US Navy set to resume K-Max flights
Lockheed Martin's K-Max unmanned cargo helicopter could resume operations as soon next week, a senior US navy official says.
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AUVSI: Army deputy chief details UAV strategy
The US Army's deputy chief of staff told an audience at the AUVSI conference yesterday that the service will continue to integrate unmanned aircraft into...
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AUVSI: Navy, Northrop step up Triton MQ-4C testing
The US Navy and Northrop Grumman (booth 1823) have started flight testing the new MQ-4C Triton UAV in earnest. The aircraft is expected to fly its...
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AUVSI: BAE shows off digitally fused sensor system
BAE Systems (booth 3245) is showing off its new digitally fused sensor system camera. The company is hoping to market the device, which combines low light...
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Official denies White House link to UCLASS revision
A senior military official denies that the US Navy's UCLASS programme requirements were watered down after political influence ...
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Electrical arcing downed Tyndall F-22, says USAF
An internal fire caused by electrical arcing due to a chafed wire led to the loss of an F-22 Raptor in November 2012 ...
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US Army in final stages of integrating M-DSA onto Apache
The US Army has almost completed integration of Lockheed Martin's modernised day sensor assembly onto the Boeing AH-64E Apache ...
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Reduced capability leaves UCLASS vulnerable to budget axe
Concerns have been raised that the capabilities of the US Navy's proposed Unmanned Carrier Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) aircraft have been so...
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US Navy hopes to fly X-47B demonstrators into 2014
The US Navy hopes to continue flying its two Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrators (UCAS-D). The service had earlier said that...