RQ-16 T-Hawk Class 1 UAV
G2 Solutions @ September 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
More information about RQ-16 and other battlefield UAS is available from G2 Solutions here
USAF Unmanned ISR Challenges, a Pentagon Briefing by Lt. Gen Deptula
G2 Solutions @ July 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Payton Slams Northrop Grumman On Way Out
G2 Solutions @ April 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
From Aviation Week:
During her final days in office, former U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Sue Payton fired off a letter to Northrop Grumman saying she was “increasingly concerned” about the company’s management of the Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned aerial system program…
Surprising “Reglement de Compte” from Sue Payton…
EADS Modular UAS Concept
G2 Solutions @ April 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
EADS is competing against the Dassault, Indra and Thales team for the initial procurement of six new systems to France, Germany and Spain (and possibly Turkey). More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Avenger is here
G2 Solutions @ April 17, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Aviation Week has released exclusive pictures of the new GA-AS Avenger UAS.
Avweek Story: Predator C Avenger Makes First Flights
General Atomics Photo
“Buy Russian” Drive Hinders UAS Deployment
rstearns @ February 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
It’s interesting to see that the U.S. is not the only country where the parochialism and defense lead to diluted and unsatisfactory outcomes. This piece from RIA Novosti is unflinchingly candid it its acknowledgment of Russian lobbyist efforts to hinder the purchase of unspecified Israeli Unmanned Tactical Aerial Systems. Russia is attempting to quickly increase its unmanned reconnaissance, targeting and [...]
Hundreds of Reaper, Predator pilots needed
G2 Solutions @ October 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
It is going to become increasingly difficult to yell at the kids for playing video games instead of doing homework since this could one day lead them to a USAF career (and still work “at home”).
Air Force Times Story
The Mantis Killer
G2 Solutions @ August 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The BAE UAS hunter killer design is an interesting “conventional” design. More interesting is the timing of the program launch and its apparent fast track. Article from Wired