All Military UAVs articles – Page 329
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Alliant accused of Outrider conspiracy in lax suit filing
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A former partner in the US Defense Department's Outrider Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (TUAV) programme has filed a law suit alleging that prime contractor Alliant Techsystems incurred "cost overruns of millions of dollars" while trying to attain unachievable performance parameters. Mission Technologies also claims it has ...
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UAV
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is without question the most experienced of armed services when it comes to the operational utilisation of tactical unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). Deployed in earnest during the Bekaa Valley in 1982, the UAV is well established in the IDF's armoury. There is little sign ...
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Canada may replace Germany for NATO project
Technical problems that have dogged development of the Daimler-Benz Aerospace (Dasa) Seamos vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle (VTOL UAV) could force Project Group 35 of the NATO Naval Armaments Group to drop Germany from the Maritime UAV International Technology Demonstrator Programme (ITDP). Other nations involved include the ...
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Guardian crashes as rival misses deadline
Bombardier's CL-327 Guardian vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle (VTOLUAV) crashed on 10 June at the Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, after completing a flight test programme for the US Department of Defense (DoD). The Guardian is believed to be a total loss. Bombardier had completed the 50h of ...
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DARPA and Frontier develop long endurance UAV rotorcraft
The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has teamed with Frontier Systems to flight test a revolutionary unmanned helicopter that can stay airborne for as long as 62h and achieve an unrefuelled maximum range of 8,550km (4,600nm). The newly revealed long endurance unmanned helicopter and the rival Boeing ...
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UAVs on the horizon
Vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicles are just one class of pilotless aircraft capturing the imagination of military forces, entrepreneurs and scientists. UAV manufacturers hope that enthusiasm will be translated into an economic boom. Although primarily viewed as an instrument for the military, civil applications of UAVs are expected ...
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Ready for launch
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Events taking place 10,000km (6,200 miles) apart could prove pivotal to the long-awaited deployment by military forces of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). US Navy officials now believe that VTOLUAV technology is mature enough for the service to begin equipping its warships ...
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Kaman to demonstrate Magic Lantern variant
Kaman Aerospace is to demonstrate a variant of its Magic Lantern mine detection system using a K-MAX helicopter to play the role of an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) as part of a mine countermeasures advanced concept technology demonstration. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring the $2 million ...
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Hydraulic loss spoils Global Hawk UAV test
Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical (TRA) is investigating a hydraulic failure which marred the otherwise successful third flight of the Global Hawk unmanned air vehicle (UAV). The aircraft lost hydraulic pressure on approach to the runway at Edwards AFB, California, after the 5h 22min flight on 30 May. The landing gear ...
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ASRAAM hit
Matra BAe Dynamics has carried out a test engagement with its Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) using the imaging infrared seeker's aim point selection capability for the first time. The test resulted in the missile, fired from a Lockheed Martin F-16, successfully hitting the QF-4 target drone. The missile ...
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Raytheon reveals UCAV concept
Raytheon Systems has teamed with its sister company, Raytheon Aircraft, and unmanned air vehicle specialists Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical and Aurora Flight Sciences to compete for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) advanced technology demonstration programme. The team also includes GDE Systems, Honeywell and Primex. ...
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Turkey searches for new UAV suppliers
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Turkey is expected to launch international competitions for two separate new unmanned air vehicle (UAV) procurements, possibly as early as the end of this year, according to US and Turkish sources. The advanced drones would be used to supplement the General Atomics Gnat 750 UAV ...
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K-Max firefighter
The Royal Malaysian Air Force has deployed a Kaman K-MAX helicopter to help tackle forest fires in the Kuantan region, on the east coast. The K-MAX has dropped more than 2.65 million litres of water since operations began in mid-April. Source: Flight International
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Titan 3B sends NRO satellite
The second Lockheed Martin Titan 3B Centaur booster, the USA's most powerful unmanned booster, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 9 May, carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite into orbit. The payload is thought to be a signals intelligence satellite operating from geostationary orbit. The US Air ...
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Autonomous attacker
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Four US manufacturers have embarked on a programme to determine. by 2005, whether unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) have the potential to complement, and ultimately compete against, manned strike aircraft. If successful, UCAVs could become operational as early as 2015, in time to help offset the expected ...
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US Navy nears decision on tactical UAV requirement
Ramon Lopez/YUMA The US Navy will decide in June or early July whether to persevere with the Alliant Techsystems Outrider unmanned air vehicle (UAV) or switch to a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) craft for its tactical UAV requirement. The USN's plans to buy the fixed wing Outrider UAV, along ...
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Global Hawk flies second mission
THE Global Hawk reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle has flown for a second time at Edwards AFB, California, performing what the company describes as a "text book" mission lasting 2h 24min. The aircraft reached 41,000ft (12,500m) during the sortie, which also included the successful hand-off of command and control via ...
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Laser composite structures inspection 'will cut JSF costs'
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC Lockheed Martin has begun construction of a laser ultrasonics centre which is expected to cut the cost of inspecting composite structures by as much as 90%. The centre is due to be operational by the end of the year, when it will be used to inspect ...
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Smiths prepares AV-8B COTS
Ian Sheppard/LONDON Smiths Industries is preparing to deliver the first equipment for an open systems avionics demonstration programme. This will place it at the leading edge of developments in commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology, where the military is set to benefit from the latest advances in computing. Under the ...
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US Army launches initiatives aimed at improving missile arsenal
Douglas Barrie/LONDON The US Army has launched a raft of weapons initiatives aimed at improving its short-range air-defence and air-launched anti-armour guided weapons, as well as extended-range high-precision guided munitions. The US Army Aviation and Missile Command has programmes under way to develop improved variants and potential successors ...