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...
Read MoreDrones: 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....
Read MoreCNBC’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...
Read MoreUnmanned 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...
Read MoreSmall 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...
Read MoreFox 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.
Read MoreAeroVironment 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...
Read MoreMarine 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...
Read MoreNew 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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