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The Philippine military is considering using US military UAS to search for kidnapped Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell, who is being held by the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group. Officials say the aircraftwould make it easier for ground troops to locate members of the al-Qaeda-linked group who have demanded a ransom for
Military UAS
In the next decade, US defence spending on known medium- and large-size unmanned aircraft will be nearly $40 billion, increasing inventory by 35 percent. Ranging in size from a private aircraft to a commercial jet, nearly 800 of these bigger unmanned are operating around the world, observing, collecting data and
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Billionaire Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has launched a new company Stratolaunch Systems, that will launch payloads into space from a monster aircraft. He has revived his relationship with aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan to further his plans. Allen and Rutan first teamed up on SpaceShipOne, a suborbital air-launched spaceplane that completed
Military UAS
Major Jeff Brown, a spokesman for the 174th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard, said that in response to the new stress of around-the-clock Reaper missions, the unit has added a full-time chaplain and flight surgeon, as well as a civilian director of psychological health. Reaper pilots and sensor
Applications & Testing & Experience
Reuters ran this new report on the flocking abilities of the Swinglet MAV built by Swiss start-up Sensefly. The aircraft are programmed to "flock" like birds, according to Dario Floreano of the Swiss Federal Polytechnic of Lausanne, the leader of the team ."So what we have got
Military UAS
Northrop Grumman's X-47B unmanned combat air system has been delivered to the US Navy following a year of testing. The US Naval Air Systems Command said the aircraft -- the first fixed-wing unmanned aircraft system designed for use from an aircraft carrier -- was tested at Edwards Air
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Residents in a small community in Cowley County, Kansas got the thrill of the year recently when a flatbed trailer came driving down main street with what appeared to be a saucer shaped craft on the trailer. According to the local sheriff’s office, the company that was transporting the
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The Military Channel just posted this video of a NATO cyber-attack prevention exercise held recently in Belgium. For three days, 29 nations worked together to prevent various simulated computer viruses and malicious programmes from infiltrating their networks. A large-scale network exercise organized by NATO, designed to coordinate responses across the
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A rash of new clues surrounding the Sykipot computer virus having its way with the US unmanned aircraft fleet suggests the malware originated in China, and explains how it has been used. Mathew J. Schwartz of Information Week reports the virus appears to have been designed with the sole purpose
Military UAS
As the world watched the last convoy pass through the gates at Khabari Crossing on the Kuwait-Iraq border, they may not have realized those on the ground had some help in the skies from airmen with a historic lineage. Colonel Rodney Petithomme, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group commander, and Lieutenant Colonel
Military UAS
Australia's Defense Department removed three major projects, including the Joint 129 Phase 2 project for tactical unmanned aircraft, from its official list of contracts falling behind schedule or having cost overruns. The announcement was made by the Minister for Defense Stephen Smith and Minister for Defense Materiel Jason
Military UAS
An internal review of the US Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities indicates the need for unmanned aircraft systems that can survive in contested airspace, as well as improved data processing and greater capacity for movement and dissemination of that data, according to a senior service