Unmanned Logistics Support
Logistics convoys have been high priority – and highly vulnerable – targets for insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan over the …
Unmanned Systems
X-47B UCAS Inaugural Land-based Catapult Launch
While one X-47B was hoisted aboard USS Harry S. Truman for deck handling tests, another was at Naval Air Station …
Wide Area Aerial Surveillance Technologies Evolve for Homeland Security and Other Applications
The Wide Area Aerial Surveillance (WAAS) systems that found improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan now lend themselves …
X-47B Arrives Aboard USS Harry S Truman
A Northrop Grumman X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System-Demonstrator (UCAS-D) is hoisted aboard USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), marking a …
U.S. Marine Corps Unmanned Systems Expand and Evolve
From the early days of combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Marine Corps has been one of the most ardent …
The Fall Edition of Defense Now Available to Read Online
Over the past few weeks, printed copies of the fall edition of Defense have been delivered to the desks of …
Interview With Maj. Gen. James W. “Bill” Hyatt
In the year prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Army Air Corps (AAC) began construction of an aerial …
The Air Force of 2030
In his speech to the graduating Air Force Academy class of 2012 in May, President Barack Obama told the men …
Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System (LMAMS)
The U.S. Army is requesting industry input for a conceptual loitering precision guided munition, organic at the small unit level, …
DARPA LS3
DARPA’s Legged Squad Support System or LS3 is a refinement and development of “Big Dog,” the famous four legged robot …