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Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 John McHale	AUVSI show: AeroVironment test-flies liquid-hydrogen-powered UAV The Global Observer, a liquid-hydrogen-powered unmanned aerial vehicle, will be able to operate at altitudes to 65,000 feet for more than a week without refueling and with a flexible payload-carrying capacity of as much as 1,000 pounds.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007 Courtney E. Howard	QinetiQ to Play Strategic Role in United Kingdom Taranis UAV Technology Demonstrator Program Computer experts at QinetiQ in Farnborough, England, will provide flight-critical software for the United Kingdom initiative to develop a world-class unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology demonstrator called Taranis.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2010 Rich Smith	Boeing: First in Space, in Air, and in Between Will Boeing make satellites obsolete?
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005	Steadicopter Builds Autonomous UAV By combining a patented computer program and Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) with an existing minicopter, an Israeli company has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that could be the next homeland-security defense tool.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2009 John Keller	A Detailed Look at the Pentagon's $5.4 Billion Plan in 2010 to Develop and Deploy U.S. military forces plan to spend nearly $5.4 billion next year on unmanned vehicle (UV) technology for air, ground, and maritime applications.
National Defense November 2015 Allyson Versprille	Alternative Power Sources Boost Small Drone Endurance The U.S. military is looking for ways to improve the endurance of small unmanned aerial systems using alternative power sources, said service and industry officials.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 3 It's time to catch up with the latest developments regarding unmanned aerial vehicles.
National Defense May 2005 Robert H. Williams	Long-Endurance Aerial Killer Passes Test A 500-pound inert weapon has been dropped successfully from a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The test was conducted by Northrop Grumman Corporation, working in conjunction with Scaled Composites.
Popular Mechanics December 17, 2008 Andrew Moseman	The Navy's Fighter-Plane-Size UAV, the X-47B, Is Unveiled in California Yesterday, Northrop Grumman unveiled its first completed X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System. This giant UAV could soon be one of the most lethal unmanned aircraft in the U.S. military.
Popular Mechanics March 2007 Erik Sofge	Robot Chopper: The Navy's Smartest UAV The Fire Scout is arguably the smartest unmanned aerial vehicle ever built.
National Defense December 2009 Austin Wright	Polar Ice Surveillance At Rock Bottom Prices University of Kansas researchers needed an unmanned aerial vehicle that could carry 120 pounds worth of radar equipment at low altitudes and over icy terrain to measure vital information for the Navy in Antarctica.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 John Keller	UAV Aircraft and Crowded Civil Air Space: Is it Safe Out There? It's only a matter of time before the aerial unmanned vehicle take their place in civilian air space. How are we going to fit all these planes?
Popular Mechanics March 2010 Joe Pappalardo	How UAVs Will Replace the Air Force's Current Fleet The Air Force Research Laboratory is spending $49 million over the next four years to create a system that will allow UAVs to autonomously refuel in the air.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004	Dawn of the unmanned era While the U.S. military has used remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) since the Vietnam War with mixed results, recent combat action in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq has proven the utility of military unmanned systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 John Keller	Navy looks into how to control next-generation autonomous unmanned aircraft U.S. Navy experts are redesigning the unmanned aerial vehicle control station of the future -- to accommodate new technologies and futuristic pilotless aircraft, and to reduce military manning levels by introducing more machine autonomy.
National Defense June 2004	Small, Lethal Aerial Scouts Emerging Small, stealthy vertical take-off and landing vehicles are being developed to operate in a range of environments, with capabilities to land or launch on water. Able to perform surveillance missions, the miniature craft also could be armed.
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron	Joint-Service Focus Shapes UAV Roadmap The Pentagon is working on a new roadmap for unmanned aerial vehicles to accommodate the rapid growth in UAV programs seen in the past several years.
National Defense July 2009 Stew Magnuson	Flying IEDs: Is the Threat Real? The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicle technology has brought up questions of how to best defend against them.
National Defense October 2009 Stew Magnuson	FAA Still Working on Rules for Domestic Pilotless Aircraft Use The Federal Aviation Administration fears that a drones will collide with commercial aircraft.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Rich Smith	Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part Fin One last update on the development of unmanned aerial vehicles.
National Defense June 2005 Joe Pappalardo	The Future May Belong to Unconventional Designs, Missions Unmanned aerial vehicles spying on enemies may be commonplace above today's battlefields, but there is a future generation of unconventional designs with added functions that, experts predict, almost certainly will displace current drones from their lonely, lofty perches.
National Defense May 2006 Grace Jean	Missiles May Become Aerial Surveillance Alternative Mounting inexpensive cameras onto missiles and having them fly loops in the sky may sound like a recipe for disaster, but they may provide troops with a better and cheaper alternative to unmanned aerial vehicles, experts argue.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007	Mercury Introduces UAV Solution for Remote-Sensing Applications The integrated VistaNav-SSR (Smart Surveillance & Reconnaissance) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) is designed to improve operational mission capabilities for airborne intelligence applications at an affordable cost.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009	Ascent Solar Modules to be Designed Into Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicle The hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle will be designed primarily for military use; however, its capabilities will also include a broad spectrum of civil applications.
National Defense November 2012 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Become Lighter, Faster In the future, the military can expect to have unmanned aerial vehicles that are faster, stealthier and lighter, with longer endurance and can hold heavier payloads.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2009 Rich Smith	Boeing Bets on Black (Ops) Boeing came late to the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) party, but you've got to give these guys credit -- now that they're here, they aim to make a splash.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 Deschenes & Sanderson	Next-Generation UAVs Leverage FPGA Computing Technology The military's effective use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in recent conflicts has highlighted their successes, which are vigorously driving UAV technology developments.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 John Keller	DOD to cut unmanned aerial vehicle procurement by one third over next decade The early years of the 21st century have seen explosive growth in U.S. Department of Defense purchases of unmanned aerial vehicles, but DOD is expected to cut UAV procurement by one-third over the next decade.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005	NOAA and NASA Begin Science Experiment With UAVs The UAV Flight Demonstration Project, using GA-ASI's Altair remotely operated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), is the first time NOAA has funded a UAV Earth science demonstration mission.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007	EMT Selects Athena's Guidestar for Luna UAVs In its development of the Luna unmanned aerial vehicle, Germany's EMT sought an efficient inertial navigation system and global positioning system, for which it turned to Athena Technologies.
National Defense December 2003 Roxana Tiron	Unmanned Aircraft Adapting To Army Future Force Needs The Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate is testing technologies and concepts that would allow helicopters to remotely control unmanned aerial vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Global Hawk Uses Raytheon Optics Pilots of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitor enemy targets with an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) high-resolution imaging system built by Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007 Courtney E. Howard	Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Technology Takes Off, Powering Hyfish Uav An unmanned jet powered by hydrogen fuel-cell technology, the Hyfish, has taken flight near Bern, Switzerland.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2007 John McHale	Sensitive and Tireless: High-Endurance UAVs Sense What Men Cannot Sensors for unmanned aircraft are evolving in efficiency and capability as payload designers look for every possible edge in surveillance, combat, and collision avoidance.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2010 John Keller	AeroMech team to build Sand Dragon route-surveillance UAV that runs on heavy fuels Air Force researchers are asking AeroMech to demonstrate a runway-independent launch and recovery system for the 24-hour-endurance Sand Dragon Tier II UAV, as well as the pilotless aircraft's control station, for quick deployment to the Middle East and other military operational areas.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 John McHale	UAV Market Outlook Strong Defense and aerospace analysts say the most vibrant growth in the industry lays with unmanned systems, specifically unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
National Defense May 2006 Grace Jean	Army Operators Cope With Airspace Congestion Experienced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operators now have to learn how to navigate in an increasingly crowded airspace.
The Motley Fool March 12, 2007 Rich Smith	AeroVironment Lifts Off The unmanned aerial vehicle maker's superb results revive this fallen IPO star. Investors, take note.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006	Boeing and SAIC Award Honeywell Contract to Develop FCS Class I UAVs Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corp., functioning as the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army's Future Combat System program, awarded a contract to Honeywell Defense & Space Electronic Systems to develop the Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System (UAVS).
The Motley Fool July 28, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Lockheed's Latest Skunk Smells Sweet What separates the Polecat from past projects, and makes it so interesting from an investor's perspective, is that the UAV was manufactured from "printed" parts rather than traditional machine-tooled components.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Roger Joel	Unmanned Vehicles: Autonomous and on-Target Perhaps the single biggest challenge-both to truly autonomous unmanned vehicle designers and to the widespread military deployment of unmanned vehicles-is obstacle recognition and avoidance.
National Defense June 2009 Robert H. Williams	Tiny Drone Soars in Field Testing A small, battery operated unmanned aerial vehicle, called the Orbiter, was tested in a recent exercise and is now being marketed to the U.S. military.
National Defense May 2004 Roxana Tiron	Army Unmanned Air Vehicles Proliferate in the Battlefield The U.S. Army is committing increasing resources to developing sharply enhanced surveillance, communications and weapons for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007 Annie Turner	QinetiQ Wins DARPA Contract to Explore New Sensors The LACOSTE program will investigate using first-of-their-kind sensors, like lensless imaging, to provide persistent tactical surveillance and precision tracking capabilities.
National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean	Remotely Piloted Aircraft Fuel Demand for Satellite Bandwidth The communications-hungry drones consume large amounts of bandwidth to pipe battlefield video feeds and other sensor data back to intelligence centers and to forces on the ground.
National Defense July 2005 Robert H. Williams	Drone Developed for Small Infantry Units A vertical launch unmanned aerial vehicle that is designed to support infantry platoon and company operations recently twice negotiated a course of 10 waypoints in southern California. The ducted fan aircraft is being developed under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2011 Rich Smith	AeroVironment Delivers for DARPA The new Shrike UAV was three weeks in the inventing, three years in the making.
National Defense January 2006 Michael Peck	Undersized Drone Promises Extended Maritime Surveillance It looks like a cross between an airplane and an artillery shell, but a 12-pound unmanned aircraft named Coyote may prove to be a potent tool for maritime surveillance. Coyote is scheduled for a test launch from a Navy C-12 aircraft next spring.
Popular Mechanics December 1, 2008 Andrew Moseman	4 Challenges for the Navy as More Unmanned Drones Go Underwater The Navy is getting up to speed with unmanned vehicles.
National Defense October 2011 Stew Magnuson	New Radars Placed Aboard Unmanned Aircraft on U.S. Borders U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been flying unmanned aerial vehicles on the U.S. border for six years now and the aircraft are in more demand than ever, said the chief of the agencies' aviation office.