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Gates' Big Knife at the Pentagon: Who Wins, Who Loses

The official Pentagon spending request is still weeks away, but some winners and losers are already emerging in the battle for a shrinking portion of the budget pie. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced major changes to the Pentagon's budget that are expected to rein in future defense spending. "We must come to...

iPhone-Controlled Drone Hits Market

(Sept. 8) -- Want to own your own remote-controlled drone? Parrot, a technology firm, says its unmanned aircraft, which can be operated using an iPhone, is available for purchase starting today. The "augmented reality" toy aircraft, known as the AR Drone, has four rotors and is equipped with two cameras. Rather than a...

Runaway Drone Violated Capital Airspace

DENVER (Aug. 26) -- A military drone that was supposed to be remotely controlled broke off contact with its operators and wandered into restricted airspace around the nation's capital, the military has revealed. More than an hour into what was otherwise a normal flight, pilots remotely operating the MQ-8 Fire Scout lost...

Border Drones Plagued by Mishaps, Pilot Shortage

WASHINGTON (July 16) -- Despite high-profile support for flying unmanned aircraft along the U.S. border with Mexico, the camera-equipped drones are far from a technological magic bullet for fighting illegal immigration. Testimony presented to the House Homeland Security Committee highlights a number of problems facing...

Brits Offer a Sneak Peek at Their Killer Stealth Drone

(July 12) -- A British aerospace company today unveiled what could be the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles: an armed drone that can slip undetected over a country's border and attack deep inside enemy territory. Called Taranis, after the Celtic god of thunder and lightning, the stealthy drone is designed to...

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06/01/12 Army orders Ravens with miniature payloads Source: United Press International (UPI) The U.S. Army has ordered small unmanned aircraft systems with miniaturized, gimbaled payloads from AeroVironment.
06/01/12 Northrop Grumman pitches Global Hawk variant for Canada Source: Flightglobal Northrop Grumman is pitching a variant of its Block 30 RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft for a potential Canadian requirement to patrol that nation's far northern regions.
06/01/12 Drone crash caused by loss of coolant, Air Force... Source: Las Vegas Review Journal - Las Vegas NV An Air Force investigative report says a Predator drone, which was controlled out of Nevada, crashed in Afghanistan in January because of a loss of engine coolant.
06/01/12 How To Play The Growth In Unmanned Aerial Vehicles... Source: Seeking Alpha Many defense industry stocks are out of favor, as investors worry that the winding down of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, combined with nearly $500 billion in U.S. military spending cuts over the next decade, will drastically curtail defense companies' earnings.
06/01/12 Sample Small Drone/UAV Source: Governing.com It helps if you can get a handle on what a person is talking about when it comes to using a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), aka Drone, here in the United States.