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Textron systems has introduced a range of enhancements for its aerosonde 4.7 unmanned aircraft system (UAS), including a powerplant that addresses previous performance and reliability issue.
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131752
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2014.
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Airbus defence and space launched its Zephyr 8 unmanned aircraft system (UASs) programme in late April, describing the systems as a high altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS).
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130342
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2014.
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As the U.S. government winds up an interagency review of rules governing the export of large drones, the conflicting goals of nonproliferation and commerce are creating a new test of the 27-year-old Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). Observers do not expect big changes to the MTCR, which seeks to prevent the proliferation of unmanned systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction. The MTCR, a voluntary arrangement that now includes 34 countries, originally was intended to curb the spread of ballistic missiles and unmanned vehicles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. In 1993 it was amended to control systems carrying any weapons of mass destruction. It has become Washington's chief tool for controlling the spread of armed drones. "It's quite unlikely that we will see any radical change in the MTCR," Eric McClafferty, an attorney at Kelley Drye and Warren, a law firm in Washington that represents UAV manufacturers, said in a March 19 interview. "That said, there's a lot of pressure on the U.S. government to liberalize controls to make sure the U.S. doesn't get left behind in this market." The conflict has played out in a series of closed-door meetings over the last two months among the State, Defense, and Commerce departments as officials seek to update U.S. policy toward the burgeoning UAV market. Industry representatives have made their views known via technical committees that advise policymakers in these departments. "It's a pretty contentious fight" between the State Department's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation and the Pentagon's Defense Technology Security Administration, said Micah Zenko, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, in a March 17 interview. The State Department says that "if you pull at the thread of MTCR, you will weaken the nonproliferation regime as a whole. The other side says the international market is going to supply these UAVs anyway," Zenko said. The heart of the issue is what kind of UAVs U.S. manufacturers can sell overseas. The MTCR imposes a "presumption of denial" for the export of so-called Category 1 UAV's, which are drones that can travel more than 300 kilometers with a payload of more than 500 kilograms. Drones that do not have those capabilities are classified as Category 2 UAVs and are not subject to such restrictive criteria. Two drones currently classified as Category 1-the Reaper, formerly known as the Predator, and the Global Hawk-have played a central role in U.S. aerial attacks on suspected Islamic militants in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen. Washington has approved the sale of an armed drone to only one country, the United Kingdom, although unarmed versions of these drones have been sold to Italy and South Korea.
The stakes of the MTCR review process are large politically and economically, observers say.
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176378
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131747
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2014.
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General atomics aeronautical systems Inc (GA-ASI) expects to have a key element of its unmanned aircraft detect and avoid (DAA) architecture ready for sales early next year as industry and military officials seek to integrated unmanned platforms into national airspace.
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132240
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2014.
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Arguably, no other piece of military hardware is as synonymous with the conflict in Afghanistan as the unmanned aircraft system (UAS). General Atomic Aeronautics Systems (MQ-1) predator and MQ-9 reaper platforms are regularly presented as the face of UAS operations lauded and reviled in equal measure for the capabilities they bring to the modern battlefield.
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131744
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2014.
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QinetiQ North America (NA) has used internal funding to developed its latest talon unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), HIS Jane's has learned.
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131743
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2014.
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The first of the US army's upgraded RQ-7B shadow V2 unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) are undergoing follow on operational test and evaluation (FOT&E) as part of Network integration exercise14.2.
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131722
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2014.
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Singapore national defence research and development organization DSO national laboratories has developed substantial experience of unmanned underwater vehicles since the first entered in the field in early 2000 and has recently rolled out a new suite of capabilities for its Meredith family of vehicles. Its initial objective was to developed a robotic vehicle to perform mundane and perilous underwater missions, such as mine countermeasures (MCM) operations.
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ID:
130881
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2014.
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Information is an element of combat power and a combat multiplier in the hands of a commander. Field commanders require an organic, responsive, economically viable, multi- source, long endurance, near real-time reconnaissance capability to collect, process and report intelligence throughout the level of conflict. Additionally, commanders need ability to obtain data from anywhere within enemy territory, day and night (24x7), regardless of weather. The answer lies in the use of UAVs, with their inherent characteristics to provide the flexibility to operate in the extended battle space, thereby enabling the ground forces to see first, understand first, act first and finish decisively. UAVs are remotely piloted or self piloted aircraft that can carry cameras, sensors, communication equipment or other payloads. They have been used in the reconnaissance and intelligence gathering role from 1950s; and more challenging roles are envisaged including combat missions. Unmanned vehicles are not impeded by restraints imposed on manned systems, where both the aircraft and crew could be lost. In fact, they are increasingly being employed for missions that were hitherto the domain of manned aircraft. The UAVs today are also providing exclusive capability to forces engaged in sub-conventional operations, especially in the global war on terrorism - in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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137947
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The development of unmanned technology has led the Israeli Air Force (IAF) to be a leader in the establishment of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) squadrons. Tamir Libel and Emily Boulter trace the historical evolution of this capability and assess the possibility of unmanned technology becoming central to the Israeli armed forces, and the limitations that make such a change unlikely in the near future.
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131755
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2014.
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Liquid Robotics has partnered with Ultra Electronics USSI to integrate a passive acoustic sensor onto its Wave Glider platform, the company confirmed at AUVSI 2014 in Orlando Florida.
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