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How is the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) conceptualizing the ultralow-cost unmanned aircraft system (UAS) phenomenon in the wake of its widespread success in Ukraine?

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) conceptualizes ultra low-cost unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – often called “small UAS” (sUAS) – as both a threat to its operations and an opportunity for force multiplication. Counter-sUAS (C-sUAS)…

Finding Older Archived Reports on Aviation Platforms

Weaponizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

  The Defense Systems Information Analysis Center (DSIAC) was tasked with determining different methods that have been employed to weaponize Group 1 and 2 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).  Through the review of open-source news articles…

Articles

Navy Acquires Underwater Drone for Mine Sweeping

The U.S. Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit selected L3Harris Technologies to provide an unmanned undersea vehicle for expeditionary undersea missions, particularly mine sweeping.The Next Generation, Small-Class, Maritime Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (MEMUUV) program took delivery of one Iver4-900 UUV for testing. Later will come two field-swappable modular payload sections to include real

Meet “THOR,” the Air Force”s New Drone-Killing Microwave Gun

It”s built to negate swarms of drones,” said Program Manager Amber Anderson. “We want to drop many of them at one time without a single leaker getting through.” U.S. military bases across the globe may soon have a New Mexico-made, high-powered microwave weapon at their disposal to instantaneously down swarms of enemy drones. The U.S.

Air Force’s Future Stealthy Combat Drone Could Use AI to Learn

SALON DU BOURGET, PARIS — The company working with the U.S. Air Force to create what may be the Service”s first artificial intelligence drone is gearing up for the final few demo tests, according to an industry official. Kratos Defense completed its second test flight of the XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle — which, in

Events

Photonics Media Webinar – Radiometric Accuracy and Commercial UAVs: A Clash of Cultures?

Join Photonic Media on July 7, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. EST for a live webinar presentation “Radiometric Accuracy and Commercial UAVs:  A Clash of Cultures?”   While the explosion in the commercial drone industry has…