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Whatever happened to this technology?
Whatever happened to this technology?
What an abysmal set of skeet targets, an embarrassment to US manufacturing prowess.One UAV is called Arcturus the same name as Hank Scorpio’s plan to take over the east coast
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Army chooses five brigades to test Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
The Army will begin testing prototypes of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System with five brigade combat teams next April.insidedefense.com
Anduril “The Flame of the West” company
Palmer Lucky starting to follow this guy
The service’s fiscal year 2021 budget request includes numerous initiatives in the research, development, test and evaluation accounts for new drone technologies and manned-unmanned teaming, including low-cost, attritable systems. For 2021, it asked for $158 million for its high priority Vanguard efforts to develop next-generation systems, plus an additional $206 across the future years defense program. The Vanguard initiative includes a project called Skyborg.
“The first iteration of Skyborg will integrate artificial intelligence into autonomous unmanned air vehicles to enable future manned-unmanned teaming,” budget documents said.
I'm not sure how 37 less units out of an expected 363 is an "abrupt end" to the program. What am I missing?![]()
Abrupt End Of Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Buys Points To New Focus On Survivable Drones
General Atomics has supplied the backbone of America's drone force for decades. Now that may be ending due to stark tactical realities.www.thedrive.com
See here as well: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/us-army-future-tactical-uas-ftuas.33644/![]()
Vertical lift drones brigades are assessing fly quieter with more survivability, soldiers say
The Army wants an RQ-7 Shadow replacement that will be quieter, more maneuverable and more expeditious.www.armytimes.com
These are sad sack throwbacks, un-development dogs. Where is the development and when is the idiocy of quadrotors going to stop?![]()
Vertical lift drones brigades are assessing fly quieter with more survivability, soldiers say
The Army wants an RQ-7 Shadow replacement that will be quieter, more maneuverable and more expeditious.www.armytimes.com
as stated varible geometry aircraft research is not dead.![]()
New research leads to Army drones changing shape mid-flight
New research leads to Army drones changing shape mid-flightwww.army.mil
2 Reapers for the Marines:
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Navy Orders 2 MQ-9 Reaper UAVs for Marine Corps - Seapower
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Naval Air Systems Command has ordered two MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles for the Marine Corps. The Naval Air Systems Command ordered the two Reapers from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), of Poway, California, with...seapowermagazine.org
Seems they are on discount2 Reapers for the Marines:
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Navy Orders 2 MQ-9 Reaper UAVs for Marine Corps - Seapower
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Naval Air Systems Command has ordered two MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles for the Marine Corps. The Naval Air Systems Command ordered the two Reapers from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI), of Poway, California, with...seapowermagazine.org
Just in time for everyone else to start moving away from Reaper. Just like the Marine Corps.
« Nous considérons, les quatre pays réunis, que nous ne pouvons pas accepter qu’un drone soit plus cher que ce que nous pourrions trouver sur le marché et soit moins opérationnel car ne disposant pas de l’ensemble des capacités dont nous souhaitons disposer » et « nous arrivons maintenant à un moment où il faudra trancher.
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"We consider, the four [participating] countries together, that we cannot accept that a drone be more expensive than what we could find on the market and be less operational" and "we are now coming to a point where we would have to take a decision".