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Strategic Analysis of the Emerging European Market for Civilian and Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - 2008-2017. Jul 3, 2008 358
Marine Corps lab eyes unmanned aircraft for battlefield re-supply. Wagner, Breanne Jul 1, 2008 506
He who waits, wins in the world of unmanned aircraft. Graves, Brad Jun 23, 2008 637
Northrop unveils latest in unmanned technology. Mowad, Michelle Brief article Jun 16, 2008 265
AAI Receives Second Annual Frost & Sullivan North American Unmanned Systems Technology Innovation of the Year Award. Jun 10, 2008 575
Chokepoints: more eyes in the sky may not generate better intelligence. Erwin, Sandra I. Jun 1, 2008 1507
Insitu Launches New Subsidiary in Australia. May 28, 2008 343
AAI's Shadow(R) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Reach 300,000 Flight Hours. May 19, 2008 571
KaZaK Composites Presents Paper on Low-Cost Wings Suitable for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). May 19, 2008 369
Not cleared to fly: worries about mid-air collisions keep civilian drones grounded. Wagner, Breanne May 1, 2008 1731
Wanted: one unarmed aerial vehicle; must be able to take off from ships. Magnuson, Stew May 1, 2008 473
Defense news: Northrop Grumman Corp. landed a $3.74 billion umnanned Navy spy-plane con tract, beating rival Boeing Co. again. Brief article Apr 28, 2008 75
Protonex Receives Additional $1.62 Million to Extend Capabilities of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Propulsion Systems. Apr 23, 2008 586
Honeywell gains rare license to fly aerial drones. Magnuson, Stew Brief article Apr 1, 2008 182
Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk has set a flight endurance record for a full-scale operational unmanned aircraft by completing a 33.1-hour flight at altitudes up to 66,000 feet. Apr 1, 2008 50
Millennium Cell's Hydrogen on Demand(R) Technology Provides Energy for Record Breaking UAV Flight. Mar 11, 2008 760
AeroVironment Puma Small UAS Achieves Record Flight of Over Nine Hours Using Fuel Cell Battery Hybrid System. Mar 6, 2008 863
Demand on the rise for small hovering drones. Wagner, Breanne Mar 1, 2008 911
Athena Technologies Launches UAV and Manned Aviation News Blog. Feb 26, 2008 328
QinetiQ Selects Aonix(R) PERC(R) for Taranis UAV. Feb 26, 2008 817
AeroVironment Awarded $45.8 Million Contract Option for Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Support Services. Feb 7, 2008 668
Unmanned aircraft not just for combat. Deptula, David A. Feb 1, 2008 726
Drone wars: Army, Air Force UAV spat far from over. Feb 1, 2008 139
Under the radar: Aerovironment Chief Executive Tim Conver keeps a low profile as he maintains the vision of aviation pioneer Paul MacCready. Clough, Richard Interview Jan 28, 2008 2279
BAE Systems Delivers UAV Target Detection Systems to U.S. Army. Jan 16, 2008 277
URS Selected to Support Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Program. Jan 2, 2008 326
Air Force Print News (Oct. 11, 2007): Reaper UAV now flying in Afghanistan. Jan 1, 2008 398
Xenonics Receives Contract to Develop High-Intensity Light for A New Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Under Development for the U.S. Government. Dec 13, 2007 377
Marines abuzz over deal for Aerovironment's wasp ill: corps' contract will pay $19.3 million for small unmanned aircraft. Clough, Richard Dec 3, 2007 220
Border Protection agency outlines new plans for unmanned aircraft. Dec 1, 2007 492
Special air delivery: air support for special operations forces (SOF) has so far relied largely on adapting fixed- and rotary-wing manned/unmanned aircraft that were originally developed for other uses. The growing importance of such operations is now producing some aviation assets aimed specifically at this application. Braybrook, Roy Dec 1, 2007 5297
Drones between satellite and earth. (Drone satcom). Jameson, Hush Dec 1, 2007 2692
Raytheon received an $ eleven million order from the US Army to provide a common sensor payload for manned and unmanned aircraft under a programme that could represent more than $1.2 billion in sales. Dec 1, 2007 65
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Again Achieves Record Flight Time Using Protonex Fuel Cell System Technology. Nov 28, 2007 782
United States Marine Corps Awards AeroVironment $19.3 Million BATMAV Contract for Wasp III Micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Nov 20, 2007 692
Air Force Print News (Aug. 10, 2007): predator soars to record number of sorties. Horton, Steve Nov 1, 2007 892
No accidents: Pentagon publishes new safety guidelines for unmanned vehicles. Erwin, Sandra I. Nov 1, 2007 1367
Unmanned aircraft: 'a ridiculous situation'. Nov 1, 2007 133
Advanced UAV ground station completes tests. Williams, Robert H. Oct 1, 2007 90
Patrolling borders: Department of Homeland Security plans to fly mere Predator aircraft. Jean, Grace Oct 1, 2007 2092
Grounded drones: civilian market for unmanned aircraft struggles to take flight. Wagner, Breanne Oct 1, 2007 1664
Not only Le Bourget: given the number of new events in the field of unmanned aircraft announced at the Paris Air Show (see our report in this issue), one could have expected that little else had not been specifically 'earmarked' for this French grand aerospace meeting. What follows proves the contrary. Biass, Eric H. Oct 1, 2007 1382
AeroVironment Awarded Contract for Development of Global Observer Stratospheric Unmanned Aircraft System. Sep 26, 2007 727
Aircraft News - Europe. Sep 17, 2007 3352
Inauguration of Stark Aerospace Celebrated by Congressional, Community and Military Leaders. Sep 17, 2007 611
Athena Technologies Opens New Corporate Office, Manufacturing and R&D Building. Sep 12, 2007 477
Danish Army Chooses AeroVironment's Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System. Sep 11, 2007 592
Need for Efficient Monitoring of Threat Possibilities Drives the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market in India. Sep 5, 2007 644
Aircraft News - North America. Sep 3, 2007 2950
Air Force Print News (May 2, 2007): Air Force stands up first unmanned aircraft systems wing. Whitney, Ryan Sep 1, 2007 667
American Forces Press Service (May 2, 2007): new concept gets latest technologies to warfighters quickly. Miles, Donna Sep 1, 2007 696
Small drone and missile network allows for quick strikes. Erwin, Sandra I. Sep 1, 2007 270
Bad connections: incompatible technologies weaken utility of aerial spies. Erwin, Sandra I. Sep 1, 2007 1209
Unmanned bombers at sea? Navy still years away from deploying attack drones aboard aircraft carriers. Jean, Grace Sep 1, 2007 1846
'China UAV Markets Update Report' - Global Conflicts Set off Growth Opportunities. Aug 31, 2007 348
U.S. Air Force Takes Delivery of BATMAV Micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems from AeroVironment. Aug 6, 2007 613
Proxy Aviation Completes First Successful Cooperative Flight Demonstration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for USAF. Aug 6, 2007 670
First Public Showing of Proxy Aviation's SkyRaider Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at Live Demo. Jul 31, 2007 420
Rear Admiral Daniel H. Stone Joins AeroVironment as Vice President of Its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Logistics Operation. Jul 25, 2007 664
Protonex Receives Additional Funding to Advance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Power Systems. Jul 3, 2007 678
Aerodynamic shape optimisation of unmanned aerial vehicles using hierarchical asynchronous parallel evolutionary algorithms. Lee, D.S.; Gonzalez, L.F.; Srinivas, K.; Auld, D.J.; Wong, K.C. Jul 1, 2007 9604
AeroVironment's Puma Small UAS Achieves Record Flight of Nearly Five Hours Using Fuel Cell Battery Hybrid System. Jun 27, 2007 912
The unmanned bomber: the Ucav: for a few years now, an entirely new field of unmanned aircraft is being explored, with ups and downs. The main problem is to define the requirement, as nobody knows whether or not this category will be able to replace the traditional strike aircraft. Jun 1, 2007 206
Fixed wings: in the fixed-wing range of unmanned aircraft there are four main sub-categories: the Hales (High Altitude Long Endurance), the Males (Medium Altitude Long Endurance), followed by the tactical drones and the electrically powered lightweights/microlights. However, a new variety is now emerging: the optionally manned. Jun 1, 2007 7167
Way to go and return! The manner in which unmanned aircraft are launched and retrieved has a major impact an the overall performance and operational flexibility of the system, in addition to dictating response and turn-round times and the likelihood of damage during recovery. Braybrook, Roy Jun 1, 2007 2080
Midair collision: a never-ending feud over roles and missions. Erwin, Sandra I. Jun 1, 2007 1713
Athena Technologies Successfully Controls and Autonomously Lands a Damaged Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. May 30, 2007 527
L-3 Communications Link Simulation and Training Delivers Predator Mission Aircrew Training Systems. May 9, 2007 719
Navy NewsStand (Jan. 10. 2007): enhanced Fire Scout makes flight debut. Schroeder, Sandy May 1, 2007 494
SprayCool(TM) Solutions Onboard First Flight of New Air Force Sensor Suite Installed in U-2 Aircraft. Apr 17, 2007 401
Flight pattern: Aerovironment takes off as public company. Clough, Richard Company overview Apr 16, 2007 1217
Protonex Awards Millennium Cell Subcontract to Develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Fuel Systems. Apr 9, 2007 793
On the fly: unmanned aerial vehicle refueling accomplished. Williams, Robert H. Apr 1, 2007 111
FAA takes slow flight path to domestic UAV approval. Magnuson, Stew Apr 1, 2007 431
Drones ahead: pilotless planes reduce danger and increase efficiency. West, Gail Apr 1, 2007 1018
Unmanned aerial vehicles vying for liftoff: though exciting developments are on the horizon, technological and regulatory hurdles remain. Gips, Michael A. Apr 1, 2007 525
CIVILIAN USES FORESEEN FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. Mar 30, 2007 522
Jim Carter Joins Proxy Aviation Systems as Director of Business Development. Mar 12, 2007 492
AeroVironment Corp., Monrovia, CA, was awarded a $46,797,769 modification to a cost plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, and cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for procurement of RQ-11 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (known as Raven), and associated initial spare packages. Mar 9, 2007 54
Athena Technologies Provides Flight Controls for First Flight of Textron Defense Systems' Guided Payload Dispenser Designed for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Mar 7, 2007 583
Aviation security: DHS expands search for anti-missile technology. Wagner, Breanne Mar 1, 2007 1638
AeroVironment's Pathfinder Solar Unmanned Aircraft Lands in Smithsonian Institution. Feb 26, 2007 1039
US Air Force Sponsors Cooperative Flight Demonstrations of Proxy Aviation's SkyForce Distributed Management System. Feb 20, 2007 636
AeroVironment's Aqua Puma Unmanned Aircraft System Completes Royal Australian Navy Sea Trials. Feb 8, 2007 670
Athena Technologies Selected to Provide Guidance and Navigation to EMT'S LUNA Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Feb 6, 2007 379
USAF Sponsors Fully Automatic Take-Off and Landing Demonstrations of Proxy Aviation's SkyWatcher Unmanned Air Vehicle. Feb 5, 2007 552
Unmanned aircraft victims of their own success. Feb 1, 2007 137
Developing, testing--and ranges to do that: unveiled without much fanfare in mid-2006, the Polecat drone (also code-named P-175) was nevertheless given the <<2006 Best for What's New>> award by Popular Science. The design may look unusual for an unmanned vehicle, but the pattern is quite logical. Biass, Eric H. Feb 1, 2007 1213
Athena Technologies' Guidance and Navigation System Selected for Largest Non-US Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program - Watchkeeper. Jan 16, 2007 274
Investments in unmanned aircraft focus on ground operators. Jean, Grace Jan 1, 2007 1409
Smiths Aerospace Teams with BAE Systems to Develop GBP 124 Million UAV Technology Demonstrator Programme. Dec 7, 2006 677
Aurora's Goldeneye 80 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Makes First Flight with Athena's Guidestar Flight Controls. Dec 6, 2006 450
UAV Flight Time Increased By 80% Using SION Power's New High Energy Battery System. Company overview Dec 5, 2006 513
Piloting drones: Air Force expands training program for Predator operators. Erwin, Sandra I. Dec 1, 2006 1018
DRS Technologies Awarded $7 Million Contract to Provide Lightweight Electro-Optical/Infrared Sensors for U.S. Army Future Combat System Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Nov 30, 2006 442
EMRISE CORPORATION's XCEL Power Systems Ltd. Receives Unmanned Air Vehicle Development and Manufacturing Contracts from Thales and Ultra Electronics Ltd. Nov 28, 2006 631
EDO Wins Contract to Support Unmanned Aircraft. Nov 17, 2006 319
44th Annual Targets, UAV's, and Range Operations Symposium and Exhibition. Nov 1, 2006 129
Marine Corps news (July 12, 2006): Marines "eye" unmanned aerial vehicle capabilities. Nov 1, 2006 179
Home Drone: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. Killion, Andy Oct 16, 2006 45

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