Cassidian has successfully carried out a series of test flights with its Barracuda UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) technology demonstrator at Goose Bay military airfield in Canada.
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Global Hawk helps to fight hurricanes
With hurricane season well underway, researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School are taking part in an ongoing effort to look at hurricane formation and development, in hopes of improving prediction systems and, ultimately, allowing for earlier evacuations.
Four Fire Scout aboard frigate USS Klakring (FFG 42)
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 42 deployed with June 29 in support of operations off the Horn of Africa.
MQ-1C Gray Eagle will be upgraded
The Army is upgrading its fleet of MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems while also advancing plans to equip each 10-15,000 Soldier division with its reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting and acquisition capabilities, officials said.
Deployment of Gray Eagle UAS, F/227
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, today announced the recent deployment of the first full company of Gray Eagle® UAS, F/227.
Puma UAS saves life
Sgt. Christopher Harris was conducting a routine reconnaissance mission in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, in 2009, when the Puma unmanned aircraft system, or UAS, he was operating showed nearby, real-time footage of insurgents planting an improvised explosive device along a U.S. Army convoy route.