By Brock Vergakis, Associated Press ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (AP) — The Navy for the first time Tuesday launched an unmanned aircraft the size of a fighter jet from a warship in the Atlantic Ocean, as it wades deeper into America’s drone program amid growing concerns over the legality of its escalating surveillance and lethal strikes. The drone,...
By TIA GOLDENBERG | Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military has grounded a fleet of high altitude surveillance drones after one was downed over the Mediterranean Sea. The military says it intentionally crashed the unmanned aircraftlate Saturday because of a malfunction. The military would not say how many aircraft were grounded. The planes will stay down during an investigation. An Israeli defense official...
By: Jay Price CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN—The small group of U.S. marines at a remote base in northern Helmand province was running low on ammunition after days of fierce fighting. The road in to the base near the village of Shurakay was too dangerous for a resupply convoy, and there were so many Taliban fighters that a helicopter crew trying to...
by Spc. Margaret Taylor, 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – With the roar of a particularly loud lawnmower, a light gray unmanned aerial vehicle shoots off a launching ramp into the late afternoon sky to patrol around Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, May 2. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year,...
The Lijian is described as the world’s third stealth combat drone by the Chinese tabloid Global Times. (Internet photo) A newly designed Chinese drone is ready for its first flight test after completing its taxi test last December at an unknown airfield in the southeastern province of Jiangxi, reports Duowei News, an outlet operated by overseas Chinese. Designed jointly...
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has won a $110,261,703 contractmodification to continue helping the U.S. Army sustain its fleet of Gray Eagleunmanned aircraft systems. This modification increases the total value of the previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to $354,683,431, the Defense Department said Tuesday. GA-ASI will perform work in Afghanistan and the Army is allocating fiscal year 2013 operations and maintenance funds for the award, along with other procurement funds....
Conducted May 4, 2013 at the Navy’s shore-based catapult and arresting gear complex here, the test represents the first arrested landing by an unmanned aircraft. It marks the beginning of the final phase of testing prior to carrier-based trials planned for later this month. Bookmark It Hide Sites
By Sgt. Tatum Vayavananda | Marine Corps Forces Africa AGADIR, Morocco – U.S. Marines, along with German and Moroccan counterparts, conducted a small unmanned-flying vehicle familiarization course for Exercise African Lion 13, in Agadir, Morocco, that shared the capabilities of the RQ-11B Raven as part of the Intelligence Capacity Building Workshop, April 13. The RQ-11B Raven, or “Raven-B,” is the...
A US military contractor was allegedly hacked by those associated with the Chinese military. The company reportedly ignored signs of security breaches, allowing hackers to access military technology and classified documents for three years. QinetiQ North America was attacked by a Shanghai-based hacker group from 2007 to 2010, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The hacking collective has been coined the...
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) — The final flight of the X-51A Waverider test program has accomplished a breakthrough in the development of flight reaching Mach 5.1 over the Pacific Ocean May 1. “It was a full mission success,” said Charlie Brink, the X-51A program manager for the Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate. The cruiser traveled...
