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Popular Mechanics
October 8, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
Unmanned Helicopter Hunts Drug Smugglers MQ-8B became the first unmanned helicopter to conduct actual operations on a navy ship.   |
The Motley Fool
November 4, 2009
Rich Smith |
Addled Admiral Builds a Robot Navy U.S. Navy Admiral Gary Roughead wants to cut loose on the Pentagon's strait-laced acquisition rules and begin buying cutting-edge tech for the Navy. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2011
Rich Smith |
Budget Deficit? What Budget Deficit? The Pentagon has plenty of money for new toys. |
National Defense
February 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Tests Navy's Fire Scout Aboard National Security Cutter The Coast Guard's long quest to acquire a ship-based unmanned aerial vehicle is well into its second decade. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2010
Rich Smith |
What's Next for Northrop? After a change in HQ, a change in stock ticker? |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2007
Rich Smith |
Northrop Gains Air Superiority Northrop Grumman signs an important contract with the U.S. Navy to develop Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Keep an eye on Northrop, investors; they may be pulling ahead of competition as the nation's foremost military aircraft maker. |
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
October 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Coast Guard Favors Fire Scout as New Pilotless Aircraft The Coast Guard intends to follow the lead of the Navy when it comes to fielding its long-delayed vertical take off and landing unmanned aerial vehicles. |
National Defense
June 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
For the First Time, Navy Will Launch Weapons From Surveillance Drones The Navy will request funds in fiscal year 2010 to begin outfitting its new surveillance drone with kinetic weapons. |
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. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2008 |
Northrop Grumman Selects Cubic Data Link Systems for U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Each Fire Scout data link system comprises two components, air data terminals and ground data terminals, both of which assist in the Fire Scout's ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and targeting missions. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2009
Rich Smith |
Northrop Grumman: More than Just UAVs Northrop Grumman just landed a $432 million contract to build two new E-2D "Advanced Hawkeye" command and control aircraft for the Navy. And this is just the beginning. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2009
Rich Smith |
Boeing: Can't Join 'Em? Beat 'Em! Boeing may be top o' the heap in commercial airliners and military transports, and it may even do a decent job on helicopters. But when it comes to the next big thing in aeronautics -- unmanned aerial vehicles the company's looking like a bit of an also-ran. |
Popular Mechanics
February 25, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
Band of Bots: Two Military Robots Team Up to Cover Land and Air In war, teamwork is everything, even if you're a robot. Just as human soldiers and airmen support each other, teams of robots will likely roam future battlefields, helping each other on missions. |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2009
Rich Smith |
"Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" 2009 Edition This edition of "Hey! Who's Flying This Thing?" takes a peek within the exciting world of flying model airplanes ... that kill. |
National Defense
October 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Navy's New Drones Taking Center Stage The Navy finally is developing its own custom unmanned air systems, with the service planning on fielding four new aircraft in the next few years. |
National Defense
November 2010
Stew Magnuson |
For Coast Guard, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Remain A Distant Goal The Coast Guard, the service responsible for protecting the homeland from sea-based terrorist attacks as well as conducting search-and-rescue missions, as of yet does not have a dedicated UAV that it can fly off its ships. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2008
Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? The military shows its love for unmanned aerial vehicles by giving AeroVironment permission to begin building its Wasps as fast as humanly possible. Investors, take note. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2005 |
Displays: Z-Microsystems Gemini Displays Used for Fire Scout UAV Four Gemini displays (up-and-down configurations) from Z Microsystems are installed in Northrop Grumman's Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (VTUAV) ground control station. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2010
Rich Smith |
Boeing Pushes the Envelope on UAVs If the FAA wants 'em, Boeing's got 'em. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2008
Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 4 A look at Raytheon, one of the players in the unmanned aerial vehicles sector. |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2010
Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Just how good can UAVs get? |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2009
Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? (The 2009 Boxed Set) It's been a good year for unmanned aerial vehicles -- and a great year for investing in 'em. Here's an update on who's who and what's what in the exciting world of flying model airplanes that kill. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2010
Rich Smith |
KC-X Still M.I.A. Pentagon to defense contractors: On your mark, get set ... wait! |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
Drones: More Than a Buzzword for Boeing Boeing's gamble in unmanned aircraft may pay off ... one day. |
National Defense
March 2010
Austin Wright |
Army Weighs Future of Unmanned Helicopters The Army's recent cancellation of the Fire Scout remotely piloted helicopter has left some wondering whether there is a future for unmanned vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in the service. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2008
Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? Part 2 The military is getting mighty serious about bulking up its robotic air force, and there's money to be made here in the future -- for the contractors, and for their shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2011
Evan Niu |
AeroVironment Is Flying High The company lands a big military contract. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: AeroVironment Warms Up In advance of earnings, analysts wonder how unmanned aerial vehicle maker AeroVironment will wrap up its first fiscal year. |
The Motley Fool
March 4, 2008
Rich Smith |
AeroVironment Evolves To get the whole story about AeroVironment, you had to listen to the post-earnings conference call. |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Northrop Grumman The defense contractor releases its second-quarter 2006 earnings results tomorrow morning. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 29, 2009
Rich Smith |
Say It Ain't So, Boeing The aerospace giant has landed more than $312 million in contracts to lease its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle to the Navy and Marine Corps over the past two years. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Keller |
Navy Researchers to Develop Collision-Avoidance for UAVs to Operate in Civil Airspace U.S. Navy researchers are asking industry to develop a collision avoidance system to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to operate in civil airspace without the risk of crashing into other aircraft. |
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
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. |
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. |
National Defense
February 2012
Dan Parsons |
Air Force F-35s, Drones May Square Off in Budget Battle Unmanned aerial vehicles have become a potent portion of the U.S. Air Force inventory and an indispensable weapon in the global war on terror. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2009
Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying this Thing? Special Report Newsflash: Mainstream media discovers unmanned aerial vehicles or drone aircraft. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
April 22, 2010
Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? (The Helicopter Edition) As fast and furious as unmanned, horizontal-flying aircraft have evolved, the big defense story in recent months has been the advances going on in robotic helicopters. |
National Defense
July 2012
Antoine Martin |
Promising Outlook for Navy's Unmanned Aviation The U.S. Navy has ambitious plans to deploy new families of unmanned aircraft over the next decade. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2004 |
Department of Homeland Security uses Northrop Grumman UAV The Hunter UAV from Northrop Grumman, in helping the U.S. Department of Homeland Security protect the U.S.-Mexican border, will use optoelectronic infrared sensors to scan the Arizona border area 90 miles southeast of Tucson. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2008
Rich Smith |
In Defense of Obama Given conventional wisdom, which suggests that Republicans would be more favorable to defense-industry companies, what might the effects be from Obama's administration? |
National Defense
July 2013
Valerie Insinna |
Fight Begins Over Navy's Armed Drone Program After years of delays, the Navy plans this summer to release a request for proposals for the preliminary design phase for its unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike aircraft, called UCLASS. The final RFP is set to be issued in early spring 2014. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2010
Rich Smith |
Hey! Who's Flying This Thing? It seems everywhere you look these days, people are talking about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2009
Rich Smith |
Did Boeing Just Win the Tanker Contract? Investors are bidding Boeing shares up on the assumption that the KC-X contract is now in the bag. That's a mistake. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
Rich Smith |
Pentagon to Northrop: Go Jump in a Lake Or make a bid. It's all the same to us. |
