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A General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger unmanned vehicle returns to El Mirage Airfield, Calif. June 24, 2021. The MQ-20 successfully participated in Edwards Air Force Base’s Orange Flag 21-2 to test the Skyborg
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is likely to hold a competition in 2024 for autonomous drone wingmen that would team up with manned fighters such as the F-35, Secretary Frank Kendall said Wednesday.
Speaking at the Defense News Conference in Arlington, Virginia, Kendall said the Air Fo
“All robotic equipment is designed to make work easier, use time efficiently and automate any processes that can be automated. That is, the person remains in charge, while the robot or drone does the work,” notes Valeriy Yakovenko, co-founder and managing partner of Drone UA (Ukraine).
Lance Cpl. Brandon Janik launches a Switchblade 300 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 24, 2021. US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexis Moradian.
Update, 5 p.m., April 21: In a press conference several hours after this story was published, Pentagon
The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), also known as the 160th SOAR or Night Stalkers, are the critically important aviation support of America’s special operations forces. Also known within JSOC as Task Force Brown, it fulfils a few different purposes, including direct c
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) have already demonstrated the huge potential this technology has to enhance maritime awareness and to set-up a multi-purpose maritime surveillance operation.
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) can provide great support for coast guard missions, includi
An Iranian ship seized two US Navy drone boats on Thursday and tried to hide them from US air assets by putting them under a tarp. The Iranians eventually released them overboard the next day following intervention by the US military, a US official told Insider.
The Iranian destroyer Jam
An investigation and video evidence have cleared the Gainesville Police Department of wrongdoing for its use of a K-9 unit during the apprehension of Terrell Bradley, a man who lost his eye after being arrested.
But a separate internal report reviewed by Police Chief Lonnie Scott Thurs
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ISS Aerospace (www.issaerospace.com), a leading UK innovator of cutting-edge Uncrewed Aerial Systems, is pleased to announce the unveiling of the Sensus 8 multi-sensor UAS. This product brings to market a truly flexible drone platform that integrates, in a modular nature, multiple, large, i