The House Appropriations Committee has unveiled a $658.1 billion draft spending bill that would allocate $584.2 billion in discretionary funds to the Defense Department for the government’s 2018 fiscal year and another
MoreA U.S. Air Force officer has redesigned a device to help address communication difficulties between ground forces and pilots of General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles, the Air Force reported Thursday.
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The 49th Wing at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico has conducted a five-day surge to test the capacities of the base’s airmen and civilian personnel in a remotely piloted aircraft mission. The U.S.
MoreHouse lawmakers have called on President Donald Trumpâs administration to clear the sale of General Atomics-built MQ-9Â Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles to the United Arab Emirates and Jordan to help address threats associated
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The U.S. Army has moved to deploy a military unmanned aerial system group in South Korea to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions on the Korean Peninsula. Army’s 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade
MoreThe U.S. Customs and Border Protection‘s Air and Marine Operations component has deployed an unmanned aircraft system to San Angelo, Texas, to help AMO personnel monitor border security in the state. CBP said Tuesday that the AMO
MoreThe Federal Aviation Administration has authorized an unmanned aircraft system test site in North Dakota to oversee UAS operations that go beyond operators’ line of sight. Sen. John Hoeven’s (R-North Dakota) office said a release
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The U.S. Navy has started to integrate the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial vehicle with its aircraft carriers, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. Mark Pomerleau writes Capt. Andy Gibbons, program manager for carrier and air integration at
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The U.S. Air Force will select two locations from a pool of candidate air bases to house General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft and related operations. The service branch said Thursday the first location
MoreThe U.S. Air Force plans to fill at least half of the serviceâs RQ-4 Global Hawk pilot crew with enlisted airmen over the next several years amid operational demand and pilot shortage
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