Newsroom : Uncrewed Aircraft Systems



LA Times: Drones Tested As Tools For Police And Firefighters

August 05, 2012 (In The News)

WASHINGTON -- On a chaparral-covered hillside 40 miles north of Los Angeles in June 2010, researchers from the...

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Drones: From War Weapons To Homemade Toy

August 02, 2012 (In The News)

Drones transformed the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan. But their use has been extremely limited in U.S....

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CNBC’s Mad Money: The Business of Making Drones

July 13, 2012 (In The News)

Jim Cramer on CNBC's 'Mad Money' wanted to hear more about AeroVironment's UAS, so he welcomed CEO Tim Conver...

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Unmanned Aircraft System Operators Save Lives in Combat

June 18, 2012 (In The News)

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 18, 2012) -- Sgt. Christopher Harris was conducting a routine...

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Small UAS and the US National Park Service

June 11, 2012 (In The News)

In 2008, the US Geological Survey (USGS) at the Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center recognized the...

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Fox News: Meet The Micro-Drone Tag Team Assault Force

May 31, 2012 (In The News)

Unmanned drones are shrinking -- yet their presence in the U.S. military arsenal is growing.

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AeroVironment Testing Potential for UAVs to Re-establish Communications in Event of Disasters

May 25, 2012 (In The News)

The Shrike VTOL UAV, which is a member of Aerovironment's family of small UAVs that the company will...

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Marine Corps Pursues “Kamikaze” Drone

May 16, 2012 (In The News)

NORFOLK, Va. -- The Marine Corps is taking steps to procure its first "kamikaze" drone in an effort to provide...

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New Puma UAV Well-Suited for Marines

May 07, 2012 (In The News)

The Marine Corps is buying a new drone that can land and take off in water, unlike any other aircraft in the...

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